Where does “absurdament” come from?
absurdament (Catalan) comes from Catalan absurd, from Latin absurdus, from Latin absonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
absurdament (Catalan): absurdly
Definitions
- absurdly
Ancestry of “absurdament”, step by step
absurdament traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan absurd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | absurd | absurd; absurdity |
| 2 | Latin | absurdus | discordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,... |
| 3 | Latin | absonus | harsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous |
| 4 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Catalan ment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ment | the mind; the spirit |
| 2 | Old Catalan | ment | — |
| 3 | Latin | mēns | mind |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | mentis | mind, thought |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 6 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
via Occitan absurde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | absurde | absurd |