Where does “Cromwellian” come from?
Cromwellian derives from English Cromwell combined with Latin -ianus, from Latin -ius, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wel- and ger- with the suffix Proto-Indo-European -yós, continued in Proto-Italic -os and Proto-Indo-European -ós.
Cromwellian (English): Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell, his ideas or...
Ancestry of “Cromwellian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Cromwell | — |
| 2 | Old English | crump | bent, crooked; crooked, bent |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *krumpaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krimpaną | to shrink, draw back |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “Cromwellian”