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
Definitions
- In a cretinous manner
Ancestry of “cretinously”, step by step
cretinously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cretinous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Christian |
| 8 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |