Where does “aktres” come from?
aktres (Cebuano) comes from English actress, from English -ess, from French -esse, from Italian -essa, from Portuguese -esa, from Spanish -esa, from Spanish -és, from Spanish política.
aktres (Cebuano): an actress; a female who performs on stage and film
Definitions
- an actress; a female who performs on stage and film
Ancestry of “aktres”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actress | A female who performs on the stage or in films; A... |
| 2 | English | -ess | Suffix appended to words to make a female... |
| 3 | French | -esse | used to form nouns describing the condition of... |
| 4 | Italian | -essa | -ess |
| 5 | Portuguese | -esa | feminine singular of -ês |
| 6 | Spanish | -esa | feminine singular of -és |
| 7 | Spanish | -és | Forms nouns and adjectives of nationality;... |
| 8 | Spanish | política | politics; policy; female equivalent of político |
| 9 | Spanish | político | political; in-law; politician |
| 10 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 11 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 12 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 16 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |