Where does “experimentally” come from?
Experimentally derives from English experimental, from English experiment, from Latin experimentum, from Latin ex- and -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-.
experimentally (English): in the manner of an experiment
Definitions
- in the manner of an experiment
Ancestry of “experimentally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Experimental | Pertaining to or founded on experiment |
| 2 | English | experiment | A test under controlled conditions made to either... |
| 3 | Old French | esperiment | experience |
| 4 | Latin | experimentum | test, trial, experiment; experience |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |