Where does “privacity” come from?
privacity (English) comes from English privacy, from English private, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er — Creates intransitive, often deponent,...
privacity (English): Techniques used to maintain one's privacy
Definitions
- Techniques used to maintain one's privacy
Ancestry of “privacity”, step by step
privacity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English privacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | privacy | The state of being secluded from the presence,... |
| 2 | English | private | Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to... |
| 3 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 4 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 5 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 6 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 7 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 8 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 9 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 10 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
via English publicity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | publicity | Advertising or other activity designed to rouse... |
| 2 | French | publicité | publicity, advertising; commercial, advertisement |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | publicitatem | accusative singular of pūblicitās |
| 4 | Latin | pūblicus | of or belonging to the people, state, or community |
| 5 | Old Latin | poplicus | Alternative form of publicus |
| 6 | Latin | pōpulus | a people, nation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |