Where does “infracelestial” come from?
infracelestial (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infracelestial (English): the sky
Definitions
- the sky
Ancestry of “infracelestial”, step by step
infracelestial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Celestial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Celestial | a person from the Celestial Empire |
| 2 | Middle English | celestial | — |
| 3 | Old French | celestial | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | caelestialis | celestial |
| 5 | Latin | caelestis | celestial, of or in the heavens, heavenly;... |
| 6 | Latin | caelum | heaven; sky; atmosphere, climate, weather |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kailom | sky |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i-lom | whole |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂i- | — |