Where does “mendicity” come from?
mendicity (English) comes from Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas, from Latin mendicus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
mendicity (English): the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or...
Definitions
- the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or...
Ancestry of “mendicity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mendicité | — |
| 2 | Latin | mendicitas | beggary, mendicity, pauperism, indigence |
| 3 | Latin | mendicus | beggarly, needy, indigent |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |