Where does “deetiolated” come from?
deetiolated (English) comes from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
deetiolated (English): grown in the light; exposed to light after being...
Definitions
- grown in the light; exposed to light after being...
Ancestry of “deetiolated”, step by step
deetiolated traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English etiolated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | etiolated | Of a plant or part of a plant: pale and weak... |
| 2 | English | etiolate | To make pale through lack of light, especially of... |
| 3 | French | étiolé | past participle of étioler |
| 4 | French | étioler | to etiolate |
| 5 | French | étieuler | — |
| 6 | Old French | estuble | stubble |
| 7 | Latin | stipula | stalk; stubble; straw |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stipelā | straw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stips | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steyp- | be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect |