Where does “filial piety” come from?
filial piety (English) comes from English piety, from Middle English piete, from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietas, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
filial piety (English): The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere
Definitions
- The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere
Ancestry of “filial piety”, step by step
filial piety traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English piety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | piety | Reverence and devotion to God; Similar reverence... |
| 2 | Middle English | piete | mercifulness, compassion, sympathy |
| 3 | Middle French | pieté | piety |
| 4 | Latin | pietas | Dutiful conduct, sense of duty; Piety,... |
| 5 | Latin | pīus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English filial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filial | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter;... |
| 2 | Middle English | filial | — |
| 3 | Latin | filialis | Filial; of or pertaining to a son or daughter |
| 4 | Latin | filia | daughter; any female offspring |
| 5 | Latin | filius | a son; any male descendant; children |
| 6 | Old Latin | filios | son; accusative plural of fīlius |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | feiljos | son |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁ylios | sucker |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |