Where does “antivagrancy” come from?
antivagrancy (English) comes from English vagrancy, from English -cy, from Anglo-Norman -cie, from Latin -tia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
antivagrancy (English): Serving to prevent or counter vagrancy
Definitions
- Serving to prevent or counter vagrancy
Ancestry of “antivagrancy”, step by step
antivagrancy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vagrancy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vagrancy | the state of being a vagrant |
| 2 | English | -cy | Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | -cie | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tia | office, rank |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |