Where does “postexilic” come from?
Postexilic derives from English exile combined with the English suffix -ic, from French -ique, Latin -icus, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix.
postexilic (English): After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of...
Definitions
- After an exile, especially the Biblical exile of...
Ancestry of “postexilic”, step by step
postexilic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via English exilic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exilic | Of or pertaining to exile |
| 2 | English | exile | The state of being banished from one's home or... |
| 3 | Middle English | exil | — |
| 4 | Old French | essil | exile |
| 5 | Latin | exsilium | exile, banishment; place of exile, retreat;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |