Where does “adulterine” come from?
adulterine (English) comes from Latin adulterinus, from Latin adulter, from Latin adulterō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
adulterine (English): Spurious; due to adulteration; Born of adultery;...
Definitions
- Spurious; due to adulteration; Born of adultery;...
Ancestry of “adulterine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | adulterinus | adulterous, unchaste; not genuine, false,... |
| 2 | Latin | adulter | adulterous, unchaste; counterfeit, false;... |
| 3 | Latin | adulterō | to commit adultery (with) |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |