Where does “absurdity” come from?
Absurdity comes from Middle French absurdité, which derives from Latin absurdus meaning "out of tune" or "incongruous."
absurdity (English): That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical...
Definitions
- That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical...
Ancestry of “absurdity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | absurdite | — |
| 2 | Middle French | absurdité | — |
| 3 | Latin | absurditas | dissonance, incongruity, absurdity |
| 4 | Latin | absurdus | discordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,... |
| 5 | Latin | absonus | harsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous |
| 6 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |