Where does “otherworldy” come from?
otherworldy (English) comes from English Otherworld, from English other, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio — shoe.
otherworldy (English): Synonym of otherworldly
Definitions
- Synonym of otherworldly
Ancestry of “otherworldy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Otherworld | The other realms of existence beyond the world of... |
| 2 | English | other | See "other" below; Second; Alien |
| 3 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 4 | English | fictionkin | An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc |
| 5 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 6 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 7 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 8 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |