Where does “efferently” come from?
efferently (English) comes from English efferent, from Latin efferēns, from Latin efferō, from Latin efferus, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
efferently (English): Outwardly, away from the center
Definitions
- Outwardly, away from the center
Ancestry of “efferently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | efferent | Carrying away from; Carried outward; A duct or... |
| 2 | Latin | efferēns | — |
| 3 | Latin | efferō | — |
| 4 | Latin | efferus | savage; very wild, fierce or savage; wild, savage |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |