Where does “caricaturistic” come from?
caricaturistic (English) comes from Romanian caricaturist, from French caricaturiste, from French caricature, from Italian caricatura, from Italian caricare, from Romanian -re, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
caricaturistic (English): Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a...
Definitions
- Grossly and comically exaggerated, like a...
Ancestry of “caricaturistic”, step by step
caricaturistic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian caricaturist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | caricaturist | caricaturist |
| 2 | French | caricaturiste | caricaturist |
| 3 | French | caricature | caricature |
| 4 | Italian | caricatura | caricature, antic; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Italian | caricare | to load, to stow; to take aboard, hoist, pick up;... |
| 6 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English caricature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caricature | A pictorial representation of someone in which... |
via English istic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | istic | — |