Where does “behindhand” come from?
Behindhand comes from Middle English hond, Old English behindan, Old English be-, Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ, and Proto-Indo-European ki-.
behindhand (English): Late, tardy, overdue, behind; Not at the expected...
Definitions
- Late, tardy, overdue, behind; Not at the expected...
Ancestry of “behindhand”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | behind | At the back of; positioned with something else in... |
| 2 | Middle English | behinde | — |
| 3 | Old English | behindan | behind |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “behindhand”