Where does “preteriteness” come from?
preteriteness (English) comes from English preterite, from Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit, from Latin praeteritum, from Latin praetereo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.
preteriteness (English): Alternative form of preteritness
Definitions
- Alternative form of preteritness
Ancestry of “preteriteness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | preterite | showing an action at a determined moment in the... |
| 2 | Middle English | preterit | — |
| 3 | Old French | preterit | — |
| 4 | Latin | praeteritum | nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | praetereo | I pass by or go by; I disregard, neglect, omit or... |
| 6 | Latin | eō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |