Where does “depidginize” come from?
depidginize (English) comes from English pidginize, from English pidgin, from Chinese Pidgin English pidgin, from English business, from Middle English busines, from Old English bisiġnes, from Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
depidginize (English): Of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population
Definitions
- Of a pidgin language, to become the native language of a population
Ancestry of “depidginize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pidginize | To convert or adapt into a pidgin language |
| 2 | English | pidgin | An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used... |
| 3 | Chinese Pidgin English | pidgin | business |
| 4 | English | business | A specific commercial enterprise or... |
| 5 | Middle English | busines | — |
| 6 | Old English | bisiġnes | business, busyness |
| 7 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |