Where does “opinions” come from?
opinions (English) comes from English opinion, from Middle English opinion, from Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
opinions (English): plural of opinion; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of opinion; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “opinions”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opinion | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | opinion | — |
| 3 | Middle French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 4 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |