Where does “absurdly” come from?
Absurdly comes from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, combining Latin ab and a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg- and ḱóm.
absurdly (English): In an absurd fashion; To an extreme degree
Definitions
- In an absurd fashion; To an extreme degree
Ancestry of “absurdly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | absurd | Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and... |
| 2 | Middle French | absurde | — |
| 3 | Latin | absurdus | discordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,... |
| 4 | Latin | absonus | harsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous |
| 5 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |