Where does “anticruelty” come from?
anticruelty (English) comes from English cruelty, from Middle English cruelte, from Old French cruauté, from Vulgar Latin crudalitas, from Latin crudelitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
anticruelty (English): Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals
Definitions
- Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals
Ancestry of “anticruelty”, step by step
anticruelty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cruelty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cruelty | An indifference to suffering or pleasure in... |
| 2 | Middle English | cruelte | The state of being cruel; cruelness, cruelty,... |
| 3 | Old French | cruauté | cruelty |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | crudalitas | — |
| 5 | Latin | crudelitas | cruelty, severity |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |