Where does “optionless” come from?
optionless (English) comes from English option, from French option, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
optionless (English): Without an option
Definitions
- Without an option
Ancestry of “optionless”, step by step
optionless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English option
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | option | One of a set of choices that can be made; The... |
| 2 | French | option | option |
| 3 | Latin | optiō | choosing, choice, preference, option |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |