Where does “creaturely” come from?
Creaturely comes from Middle English -ly, Old French creator, Latin creator, Latin creatus, and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, ultimately deriving from the root meaning to create or make.
creaturely (English): Characteristic of or suitable to a creature,...
Definitions
- Characteristic of or suitable to a creature,...
Ancestry of “creaturely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | creature | A living being; an animal; A human; A created... |
| 2 | English | create | To bring into existence; To cause, to bring ... |
| 3 | Middle English | createn | To make, invent, or create; To grant or bestow a... |
| 4 | Latin | creātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | creō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “creaturely”