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Where does “belatedness” come from?

belatedness (English) comes from English belated, from English belate, from English be-, from Middle English bi-, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī, from Proto-Germanic bi — on, onto.

belatedness (English): The state or quality of being belated or of being...

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being belated or of being...

Ancestry of “belatedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbelatedsimple past tense and past participle of belate;...
2EnglishbelateTo retard; cause something to be late; delay;...
3Englishbe-By, near, next to, around, close to; Around;...
4Middle Englishbi-—
5Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
6Old Englishbīlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
7Proto-West Germanicbīby, at; near, around
8Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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