Where does “Wagnerian” come from?
Wagnerian comes from English Wagner plus the Latin suffix -ianus, itself from Latin -ius, which derives from Proto-Indo-European -yós and Proto-Italic -os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós.
Wagnerian (English): Of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his...
Definitions
- Of, or characteristic of Richard Wagner, or his...
Ancestry of “Wagnerian”, step by step
Wagnerian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Wagner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wagner | — |
| 2 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |