Where does “chaplainry” come from?
chaplainry (English) comes from English chaplain, from Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Latin cappellānus, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chaplainry (English): A chaplaincy
Definitions
- A chaplaincy
Ancestry of “chaplainry”, step by step
chaplainry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chaplain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chaplain | A member of a religious body officially assigned... |
| 2 | Middle English | chapeleyn | A member of the clergy serving as an assistant |
| 3 | Old French | chapelain | chaplain |
| 4 | Latin | cappellānus | chaplain |
| 5 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ry | A test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems |