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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

  1. plural of opinion; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “opinions”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopinionA belief, judgment or perspective that a person...
2Middle Englishopinion—
3Middle Frenchopinionopinion
4Latinopīniō—
5Latin-iō—
6Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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