Where does “peregrine” come from?
Peregrine comes from Latin peregrinus, formed from Latin peregre (abroad) with the suffix Latin -inus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos.
peregrine (English): Wandering, travelling, migratory; Not native to a...
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- Wandering, travelling, migratory; Not native to a...
Ancestry of “peregrine”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | peregrin | Alternative form of pelerin |
| 2 | French | pérégrin | foreign |
| 3 | Latin | peregrīnus | foreign, alien |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “peregrine”