Where does “executour” come from?
executour (English) comes from English executor, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecutor, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
executour (English): Obsolete form of executor
Definitions
- Obsolete form of executor
Ancestry of “executour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | executor | A person who carries out some task; A component... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | executour | — |
| 3 | Latin | exsecutor | — |
| 4 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |