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

  1. The state or quality of being itinerant; The...

Ancestry of “itinerancy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishitinerantHabitually travelling from place to place; One...
2FrenchitinérantA homeless person; Which travels to perform its...
3Late Latinitineranstravelling; traveller
4LatinitinerorI travel
5Latinitera route, "whether:"; a passage
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin iter →Every word from Latin itineror →