Where does “neogrammatical” come from?
neogrammatical (English) comes from English grammatical, from Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticalis, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
neogrammatical (English): Relating to the theory of the Neogrammarians
Definitions
- Relating to the theory of the Neogrammarians
Ancestry of “neogrammatical”, step by step
neogrammatical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grammatical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grammatical | Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or... |
| 2 | Middle French | grammatical | — |
| 3 | Latin | grammaticalis | grammatical; of or pertaining to grammar |
| 4 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English Neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neo | An optimized German keyboard layout supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets |
| 2 | English | neo- | new; contemporary; Having a structure, similar to... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 4 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 5 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 7 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 9 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |