Where does “heremietibis” come from?
heremietibis (Dutch) comes from Dutch heremiet, from Middle Dutch heremite, from Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης, from Ancient Greek ἐρημία, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
heremietibis (Dutch): the northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
Definitions
- the northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
Ancestry of “heremietibis”, step by step
heremietibis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch heremiet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heremiet | hermit |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | heremite | — |
| 3 | Latin | erēmīta | hermit, eremite |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐρημίτης | person of the desert |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐρημία | desert, desolate/uninhabited area,wilderness;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Dutch ibis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ibis | ibis, bird of the family |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ibis | — |
| 3 | Latin | ībis | ibis (wading bird) |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |