Where does “cretinously” come from?
cretinously (English) comes from English cretinous, from English cretin, from French crétin, from French crestin, from French chrétien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Christiānus, from Latin Chrīstus — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
cretinously (English): In a cretinous manner
Ancestry of “cretinously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cretinous | Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid |
| 2 | English | cretin | A person who fails to develop mentally and... |
| 3 | French | crétin | cretin |
| 4 | French | crestin | Christian |
| 5 | French | chrétien | Christian |
| 6 | Old French | chrestien | Christian |
| 7 | Latin | Christiānus | — |
| 8 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to smear with , rub on something; to anoint with... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |