Where does “effortfulness” come from?
effortfulness (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.
effortfulness (English): subjective experience of exertion or effort...
Definitions
- subjective experience of exertion or effort...
Ancestry of “effortfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |