Where does “digressest” come from?
digressest (English) comes from English digress, from Latin digressum, from Latin digredi, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
digressest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
Definitions
- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “digressest”, step by step
digressest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English digress
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | digress | To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve;... |
| 2 | Latin | digressum | nominative neuter singular of dīgressus;... |
| 3 | Latin | digredi | present active infinitive of dīgredior; to step... |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English Est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Est | established |
| 2 | Middle English | este | grace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;... |
| 3 | Old English | ēst | will, consent, favour, grace, liberality,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ansti | favour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | anstiz | favour, affection |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | unnaną | to grant, bestow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ān- | to notice; face, mouth |