Where does “chapterwise” come from?
chapterwise (English) comes from English chapter, from Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
chapterwise (English): By chapter; one chapter at a time
Definitions
- By chapter; one chapter at a time
Ancestry of “chapterwise”, step by step
chapterwise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chapter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chapter | One of the main sections into which the text of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | chapiter | — |
| 3 | Old French | chapitre | chapter |
| 4 | Latin | capitulum | A head-like object or structure; A chapter,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |