Where does “pilgrim” come from?
Pilgrim comes from Middle English pilegrim, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus meaning "foreign" or "traveling abroad," formed with the Latin suffix -inus.
pilgrim (English): One who travels, especially on a journey to visit...
Definitions
- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit...
Ancestry of “pilgrim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pilegrim | pilgrim |
| 2 | Old French | pelerin | pilgrim; foreigner; foreign |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | pelegrinus | — |
| 4 | Latin | peregrīnus | foreign, alien |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |