Where does “adorn” come from?
Adorn comes from Middle English adornen, from Latin adornare, formed from Latin ad- and adorno, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂er-.
adorn (English): To make more beautiful and attractive; to...
Definitions
- To make more beautiful and attractive; to...
Ancestry of “adorn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | adornen | — |
| 2 | Latin | adōrnō | to get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |