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Where does “Bacon-Shakespearean” come from?

Bacon-Shakespearean (English) comes from English Shakespeare, from English Spear, from Middle English spere, from Old French sphere, from Latin sphēra, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Bacon-Shakespearean (English): One who believes that Francis Bacon or a...

Definitions

  1. One who believes that Francis Bacon or a...

Ancestry of “Bacon-Shakespearean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishShakespeareEloquent language, especially English; poetry; A...
2EnglishSpear—
3Middle EnglishspereA spear or lance; The Lance of Longinus; A barb...
4Old Frenchspheresphere
5Latinsphēra—
6Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
7Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
8Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
9Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
10Proto-Indo-European-ess—
11Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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