Where does “itinerantly” come from?
itinerantly (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.
itinerantly (English): In an itinerant manner
Definitions
- In an itinerant manner
Ancestry of “itinerantly”, step by step
itinerantly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English itinerant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |