Where does “dowagerly” come from?
dowagerly (English) comes from English dowager, from Middle French douagere, from Middle French douage, from Middle French douer, from Latin doto, from Latin dōs, from Proto-Italic dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European déh₃tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
dowagerly (English): Resembling or characteristic of a dowager
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a dowager
Ancestry of “dowagerly”, step by step
dowagerly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dowager
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dowager | a widow holding property or title derived from... |
| 2 | Middle French | douagere | — |
| 3 | Middle French | douage | dower |
| 4 | Middle French | douer | to endow |
| 5 | Latin | doto | I endow |
| 6 | Latin | dōs | dowry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dōtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃tis | giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |