Where does “applotment” come from?
applotment (English) comes from English applot, 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 — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
applotment (English): apportionment; allocation
Definitions
- apportionment; allocation
Ancestry of “applotment”, step by step
applotment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English applot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | applot | To divide into plots or parts; to apportion |
| 2 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 3 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 4 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 5 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 6 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 7 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 8 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |