Where does “hunchbacked” come from?
hunchbacked (English) comes from English backed, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Forms comparative adjectives.
hunchbacked (English): Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
Definitions
- Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
Ancestry of “hunchbacked”, step by step
hunchbacked traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English backed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | backed | simple past tense and past participle of back;... |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
via English hunch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunch | A hump; a protuberance; A stooped or curled... |
| 2 | English | hunk | A large or dense piece of something; A sexually... |
| 3 | English | Hungarian | Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary,... |
| 4 | English | Hungary | — |
| 5 | Middle English | Hungary | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | Hungaria | Hungary |
| 7 | Latin | Ungari | Hungarians |