Where does “behindhandness” come from?
behindhandness (English) comes from English behindhand, from English behind, from Middle English behinde, from Old English behindan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną — army.
behindhandness (English): The quality of being behindhand
Definitions
- The quality of being behindhand
Ancestry of “behindhandness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | behindhand | Late, tardy, overdue, behind; Not at the expected... |
| 2 | English | behind | At the back of; positioned with something else in... |
| 3 | Middle English | behinde | — |
| 4 | Old English | behindan | behind |
| 5 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 6 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |