Where does “defeatedly” come from?
defeatedly (English) comes from English defeated, from English defeat, from Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet, from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire.
defeatedly (English): With an appearance or attitude of defeat
Definitions
- With an appearance or attitude of defeat
Ancestry of “defeatedly”, step by step
defeatedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English defeated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | defeated | Subjugated, beaten, overcome; simple past tense... |
| 2 | English | defeat | To overcome in battle or contest; To reduce, to... |
| 3 | Middle English | defeten | — |
| 4 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 5 | French | deffet | — |
| 6 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 7 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 8 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 9 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 10 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 11 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 12 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |