Where does “equison” come from?
equison (English) comes from Latin aequisonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
equison (English): groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
Definitions
- groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
Ancestry of “equison”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | aequisonus | Of equal sound, equal-sounding; æquison |
| 2 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |