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
- Habitually travelling from place to place; One...
Ancestry of “itinerant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | itinérant | A homeless person; Which travels to perform its... |
| 2 | Late Latin | itinerans | travelling; traveller |
| 3 | Latin | itineror | I travel |
| 4 | Latin | iter | a route, "whether:"; a passage |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éy- | he, this |
Words derived from “itinerant”