Where does “disgrossting” come from?
disgrossting (English) comes from English disgusting, from English disgust, from Catalan dis-, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disgrossting (English): gross and disgusting
Definitions
- gross and disgusting
Ancestry of “disgrossting”, step by step
disgrossting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disgusting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disgusting | Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful; present... |
| 2 | English | disgust | To cause an intense dislike for something; An... |
| 3 | Catalan | dis- | dys-; Indicates negation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 5 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English gross
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gross | Highly or conspicuously offensive; Excluding any... |
| 2 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 3 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |