Where does “eggsperience” come from?
eggsperience (English) comes from English experience, from Middle English experience, from Latin experientia, from Latin experiens, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
eggsperience (English): An experience involving eggs
Definitions
- An experience involving eggs
Ancestry of “eggsperience”, step by step
eggsperience traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English experience
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | experience | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced... |
| 2 | Middle English | experience | — |
| 3 | Latin | experientia | a trial, proof, experiment; experimental... |
| 4 | Latin | experiens | testing, trying, experiencing |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English egg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | egg | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body... |
| 2 | Middle English | eggen | To egg on; to encourage or provide motivation; To... |
| 3 | Old Saxon | eggian | to harrow |
| 4 | Old Norse | eggja | to incite, egg on to do |
| 5 | Old Norse | egg | egg; edge |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | agjō | edge, corner |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |