Where does “joistless” come from?
joistless (English) comes from English joist, from Old French giste, from Old French gesir, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
joistless (English): Without joists
Definitions
- Without joists
Ancestry of “joistless”, step by step
joistless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English joist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | joist | A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly... |
| 2 | Old French | giste | resting-place |
| 3 | Old French | gesir | to lie down; to rest, to take rest |
| 4 | Latin | iacere | present active infinitive of iaciō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | iaceō | to lie prostrate, lie down; recline |
| 6 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |