Where does “adulation” come from?
Adulation comes from French adulation, derived from Latin adulatio, a noun formed from the Latin prefix ad- and root ad, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
adulation (English): Flattery; fulsome praise
Definitions
- Flattery; fulsome praise
Ancestry of “adulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | adulation | adulation |
| 2 | Latin | adulatio | fawning; flattery; adulation |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |