Where does “category” come from?
Category comes from French catégorie, from Middle French categorie, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία, meaning a speaking against or accusation, derived from the verb κατηγορέω.
category (English): A group, often named or numbered, to which items...
Definitions
- A group, often named or numbered, to which items...
Ancestry of “category”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | catégorie | category |
| 2 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 3 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 4 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 5 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 6 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |