Where does “Faulknerian” come from?
Faulknerian (English) comes from English Faulkner, from English Falconer, from Middle English fauconer, from Old French falconer, from Old French falcon, from Old French faucon, from Late Latin falco, from Proto-West Germanic falkō — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Faulknerian (English): Of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to William Faulkner (1897–1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author and poet, or to his works
Ancestry of “Faulknerian”, step by step
Faulknerian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Faulkner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Faulkner | — |
| 2 | English | Falconer | A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey |
| 3 | Middle English | fauconer | A falconer |
| 4 | Old French | falconer | falconer (person who breeds or trains hawks) |
| 5 | Old French | falcon | Alternative form of faucon |
| 6 | Old French | faucon | falcon; Alternative form of fauchon |
| 7 | Late Latin | falco | falcon |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | falkō | falcon |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | falkô | falcon |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 11 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |