Where does “narrativity” come from?
Narrativity comes from English narrative combined with the suffix -ity, which derives from Middle French narratif, Latin narrātīvus, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- meaning to know or tell.
narrativity (English): The presentation of a dramatic narrative
Definitions
- The presentation of a dramatic narrative
Ancestry of “narrativity”, step by step
narrativity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English narrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narrative | Telling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of... |
| 2 | Middle French | narratif | — |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |