Where does “private-sector” come from?
private-sector (English) comes from English private, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er.
private-sector (English): Of or pertaining to the private sector
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the private sector
Ancestry of “private-sector”, step by step
private-sector traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English private
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | private | Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to... |
| 2 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 3 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 4 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 5 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 6 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 8 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 9 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
via English sector
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sector | section; zone; part of a circle, extending to the... |
| 2 | Latin | sector | One who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |