Where does “harlequinade” come from?
harlequinade (English) comes from French arlequinade, from French -ade, from Occitan -ada, from Latin -ata, from Latin -atus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos.
harlequinade (English): A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin...
Definitions
- A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin...
Ancestry of “harlequinade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | arlequinade | harlequinade; buffoonery |
| 2 | French | -ade | Used to form collectives; Indicating a dish or... |
| 3 | Occitan | -ada | -ing |
| 4 | Latin | -ata | nominative feminine singular of -ātus; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | -atus | -ed, -ate, -like; Form of -tus appended to nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | — |