Where does “laureateship” come from?
laureateship (English) comes from English laureate, from Latin laureatus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
laureateship (English): The state, or office, of a laureate
Definitions
- The state, or office, of a laureate
Ancestry of “laureateship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | laureate | Crowned, or decked, with laurel; One crowned with... |
| 2 | Latin | laureatus | crowned with laurels, laureate, having been... |
| 3 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 4 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 5 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |