Where does “hermitage” come from?
Hermitage comes from Old French ermitage, derived from Latin hermitagium, a formation denoting a dwelling place for a hermit or religious recluse.
hermitage (English): A house or dwelling where a hermit lives; A place...
Definitions
- A house or dwelling where a hermit lives; A place...
Ancestry of “hermitage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ermitage | — |
| 2 | Latin | erēmīta | hermit, eremite |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐρημίτης | person of the desert |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐρημία | desert, desolate/uninhabited area,wilderness;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |