Where does “adstratum” come from?
adstratum (English) comes from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
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Ancestry of “adstratum”, step by step
adstratum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English AD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English stratum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stratum | One of several parallel horizontal layers of... |
| 2 | Latin | strātum | a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |