Where does “egrimony” come from?
egrimony (English) comes from Latin aegrimonia, from Latin -monia, from Latin -monium, from Proto-Indo-European -monyom, from Proto-Indo-European -mō — Creates agent nouns from verbs.
egrimony (English): sorrow; Alternative form of agrimony
Definitions
- sorrow; Alternative form of agrimony
Ancestry of “egrimony”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | aegrimonia | mental or emotional distress (anxiety, sorrow, etc.) |
| 2 | Latin | -monia | Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly... |
| 3 | Latin | -monium | Forms collective nouns and nouns designating... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -monyom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mō | Creates agent nouns from verbs |