Where does “morosity” come from?
morosity (English) comes from French morosité, from Latin morositas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
morosity (English): The quality or state of being morose
Definitions
- The quality or state of being morose
Ancestry of “morosity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | morosité | gloom; gloom and doom; gloominess; morosity |
| 2 | Latin | morositas | peevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom,... |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |