Where does “innards” come from?
Innards derives from English inwards, from English in, from English inch, from Old English inn, from Latin uncia meaning a twelfth part, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to stand.
innards (English): plural of innard; API pl; The internal organs of...
Definitions
- plural of innard; API pl; The internal organs of...
Ancestry of “innards”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inwards | Towards the inside |
| 2 | English | -wards | Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or... |
| 3 | Old English | -weardes | Alternative form of -weard |
| 4 | Old English | -es | possessive marker, indicating that an object... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -as | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |