Where does “erudite” come from?
Erudite comes from Latin eruditus, the past participle of erudire, meaning to instruct or polish, from ex- meaning out and a root related to Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
erudite (English): Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge...
Definitions
- Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge...
Ancestry of “erudite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ērudītus | instructed, educated, cultivated, enlightened, learned |
| 2 | Latin | ērudiō | to instruct, to educate; to cultivate, to refine |
| 3 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |