Where does “eruditeness” come from?
eruditeness (English) comes from English erudite, from Latin ērudītus, from Latin ērudiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
eruditeness (English): erudition
Definitions
- erudition
Ancestry of “eruditeness”, step by step
eruditeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English erudite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | erudite | Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge... |
| 2 | Latin | ērudītus | instructed, educated, cultivated, enlightened, learned |
| 3 | Latin | ērudiō | to instruct, to educate; to cultivate, to refine |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |