Where does “brown study” come from?
brown study (English) comes from English study, from German studieren, from Italian studiare, from Spanish estudiar, from Spanish -ar, from Old Spanish -ar, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
brown study (English): A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a...
Definitions
- A melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a...
Ancestry of “brown study”, step by step
brown study traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English study
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | study | To review materials already learned in order to... |
| 2 | German | studieren | to study at university or college level; to be a... |
| 3 | Italian | studiare | to study |
| 4 | Spanish | estudiar | to study; to examine, look into |
| 5 | Spanish | -ar | In adjectives, indicating membership or status;... |
| 6 | Old Spanish | -ar | indicates membership or status |
| 7 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |