Where does “cliterati” come from?
cliterati (English) comes from English clitoris, from Latin clitoris, from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς, from Ancient Greek κλείω, from Proto-Hellenic klāyyō, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂uyeti, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u- — nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for...
cliterati (English): Significant figures in the feminism movements;...
Definitions
- Significant figures in the feminism movements;...
Ancestry of “cliterati”, step by step
cliterati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clitoris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clitoris | A sensitive elongated erectile organ at the... |
| 2 | Latin | clitoris | of the clitoris |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλειτορίς | clitoris |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλείω | shut, close, bar; enclose, shut in; Epic form of... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | klāyyō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂uyeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂u- | nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for... |
via English literati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literati | Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who... |
| 2 | Latin | literati | nominative masculine plural of literātus;... |
| 3 | Latin | literatus | Alternative form of litterātus |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |