Where does “cantankerosity” come from?
cantankerosity (English) comes from English cantankerous, from English contenkerous, from English contentious, from Middle French contentieux, from Latin contentiosus, from Latin contentio, from Latin contendere, from Latin com- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
cantankerosity (English): The quality of being cantankerous
Definitions
- The quality of being cantankerous
Ancestry of “cantankerosity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cantankerous | Given to or marked by an ill-tempered nature;... |
| 2 | English | contenkerous | — |
| 3 | English | contentious | Marked by heated arguments or controversy; Given... |
| 4 | Middle French | contentieux | — |
| 5 | Latin | contentiosus | contentious, disputatious; headstrong, obstinate,... |
| 6 | Latin | contentio | stretching, tension; competition, rivalry;... |
| 7 | Latin | contendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |