Where does “flagacious” come from?
flagacious (English) comes from English flagitious, from Old French flagitieux, from Latin flāgitium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Ancestry of “flagacious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagitious | Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal;... |
| 2 | Old French | flagitieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | flāgitium | disgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |