Where does “privish” come from?
privish (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.
privish (English): To publish a book only to have its distribution...
Definitions
- To publish a book only to have its distribution...
Ancestry of “privish”, step by step
privish 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 publish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | publish | To issue for distribution and/or sale; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | publicen | — |
| 3 | Old French | publier | — |
| 4 | Latin | publicāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | pūblicus | of or belonging to the people, state, or community |
| 6 | Old Latin | poplicus | Alternative form of publicus |
| 7 | Latin | pōpulus | a people, nation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poplos | army |