Where does “itinerancy” come from?
itinerancy (English) comes from English itinerant, from French itinérant, from Late Latin itinerans, from Latin itineror, from Latin iter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.
itinerancy (English): The state or quality of being itinerant; The...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being itinerant; The...
Ancestry of “itinerancy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | itinerant | Habitually travelling from place to place; One... |
| 2 | French | itinérant | A homeless person; Which travels to perform its... |
| 3 | Late Latin | itinerans | travelling; traveller |
| 4 | Latin | itineror | I travel |
| 5 | Latin | iter | a route, "whether:"; a passage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |