Where does “endowment” come from?
Endowment comes from Middle English endowement, combining Middle English en- and dowement, from Old French -ment and douer, ultimately from Latin -mentum and in- and in and Proto-Indo-European ne.
endowment (English): Something with which a person or thing is...
Definitions
- Something with which a person or thing is...
Ancestry of “endowment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | endowement | The giving or a use of a dowry; The giving of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | endowen | To endow with money, rights, advantages, or other... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | endouer | — |
| 4 | Old French | douer | to endow |
| 5 | Latin | doto | I endow |
| 6 | Latin | dōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dōtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₃tis | giving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “endowment”