Where does “memedom” come from?
memedom (English) comes from English meme, from French mémé, from French mamie, from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti — shiny, light brown.
memedom (English): The state or quality of being a meme; The world...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being a meme; The world...
Ancestry of “memedom”, step by step
memedom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meme | Any unit of cultural information, such as a... |
| 2 | French | mémé | Grandma, granny, nana |
| 3 | French | mamie | granny, grandma |
| 4 | Romanian | mamă | mother |
| 5 | Latin | mamma | a breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug |
| 6 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
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 |