Where does “effortfully” come from?
effortfully (English) comes from English effortful, from English effort, from Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, from Old French esforcier, from Vulgar Latin exfortio, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
effortfully (English): In an effortful manner: with effort
Definitions
- In an effortful manner: with effort
Ancestry of “effortfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | effortful | Requiring or showing effort |
| 2 | English | effort | The work involved in performing an activity;... |
| 3 | Middle French | effort | strength; might; force; unit; division |
| 4 | Old French | esfort | strength; might |
| 5 | Old French | esforcier | to try; to make a large effort; to use force; to... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | exfortio | I strain, strive |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |