Where does “pilgrimage” come from?
Pilgrimage comes from Middle English pilgrimage, from Old French peligrinage and pelerinage, ultimately from Latin pelerinus meaning pilgrim, with the noun suffix -age.
pilgrimage (English): A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious...
Definitions
- A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious...
Ancestry of “pilgrimage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | pilgrimage | pilgrimage |
| 2 | Old French | peligrinage | — |
| 3 | Old French | pelerinage | pilgrimage |
| 4 | Old French | pelerin | pilgrim; foreigner; foreign |
| 5 | Ecclesiastical Latin | pelegrinus | — |
| 6 | Latin | peregrīnus | foreign, alien |
| 7 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |