Where does “donnishly” come from?
donnishly (English) comes from English donnish, from English Don, from Russian Дон, from Spanish Don, from Latin dom, from Latin domnus, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
donnishly (English): In a donnish manner
Definitions
- In a donnish manner
Ancestry of “donnishly”, step by step
donnishly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English donnish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | donnish | Characteristic of a don; Bookish, theoretical... |
| 2 | English | Don | river in Scotland |
| 3 | Russian | Дон | don |
| 4 | Spanish | Don | title of respect for a man |
| 5 | Latin | dom | — |
| 6 | Latin | domnus | lord; master |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |