Where does “creaturekind” come from?
creaturekind (English) comes from English kind, from Middle English kynde, from Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
creaturekind (English): All creatures, considered as a group
Definitions
- All creatures, considered as a group
Ancestry of “creaturekind”, step by step
creaturekind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kind | A type, race or category; a group of entities... |
| 2 | Middle English | kynde | Nature, disposition |
| 3 | Middle English | -nesse | Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns... |
| 4 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English creature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creature | A living being; an animal; A human; A created... |
| 2 | English | create | To bring into existence |
| 3 | Middle English | createn | To make, invent, or create; To grant or bestow a... |
| 4 | Latin | creātus | created, having been created, made, having been made, produced, having been produced |
| 5 | Latin | creō | to create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively) |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |