Where does “experimentarian” come from?
experimentarian (English) comes from English experiment, from Old French esperiment, from Latin experimentum, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
experimentarian (English): Relying on experiment or experience; One who...
Definitions
- Relying on experiment or experience; One who...
Ancestry of “experimentarian”, step by step
experimentarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English experiment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | experiment | A test under controlled conditions made to either... |
| 2 | Old French | esperiment | experience |
| 3 | Latin | experimentum | test, trial, experiment; experience |
| 4 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 5 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |