Where does “celebratory” come from?
Celebratory derives from English celebrate plus the suffix -y, from Latin celebratus, through Middle French -ie and Latin -ia, -ivus, and -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
celebratory (English): Having the manner of, or forming part of, a...
Definitions
- Having the manner of, or forming part of, a...
Ancestry of “celebratory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | celebrate | To extol or honour in a solemn manner; To honour... |
| 2 | Middle English | celebraten | — |
| 3 | Latin | celebratus | thronged; frequented; employed; repeated;... |
| 4 | Latin | celebrō | to go to a place or person in large numbers or often; throng, frequent, fill |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |