Where does “e-celeb” come from?
e-celeb (English) comes from English celeb, from English celebrity, from Middle English celebritē, from Old French celebrite, from Latin celebritas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
e-celeb (English): An e-celebrity
Definitions
- An e-celebrity
Ancestry of “e-celeb”, step by step
e-celeb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English celeb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | celeb | A celebrity; a famous person |
| 2 | English | celebrity | A rite or ceremony; Fame, renown; the state of... |
| 3 | Middle English | celebritē | — |
| 4 | Old French | celebrite | — |
| 5 | Latin | celebritas | crowd, multitude; celebration; fame, renown,... |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |