Where does “lodgerdom” come from?
lodgerdom (English) comes from English lodger, from English lodge, from French loger, from Middle French logier, from Old French logier, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
lodgerdom (English): The world or sphere of lodgers
Definitions
- The world or sphere of lodgers
Ancestry of “lodgerdom”, step by step
lodgerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lodger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lodger | A person who lodges in another's house |
| 2 | English | lodge | A building for recreational use such as a hunting... |
| 3 | French | loger | To lodge, to stay, to be lodging; To find a... |
| 4 | Middle French | logier | to lodge |
| 5 | Old French | logier | to lodge (stay non-permanently) |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |