Where does “itinerant” come from?

Itinerant comes from Late Latin itinerantem, from Latin itinerans, present participle of itineror, derived from Latin iter meaning journey or passage, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ítr̥, from h₁ey-.

itinerant (English): Habitually travelling from place to place; One...

Definitions

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place; One...

Ancestry of “itinerant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchitinérantA homeless person; Which travels to perform its...
2Late Latinitineranstravelling; traveller
3LatinitinerorI travel
4Latinitera route, "whether:"; a passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “itinerant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin iter →Every word from Latin itineror →