Where does “puritanicalness” come from?
puritanicalness (English) comes from English puritanical, from English puritanic, from English Puritan, from English purity, from English pure, from Middle English pure, from Old French pur, from Old French autre — to live.
puritanicalness (English): The quality of being puritanical
Definitions
- The quality of being puritanical
Ancestry of “puritanicalness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | puritanical | Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their... |
| 2 | English | puritanic | Archaic form of puritanical |
| 3 | English | Puritan | A member of a particular Protestant religious... |
| 4 | English | purity | The state or degree of being pure |
| 5 | English | pure | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied; Free... |
| 6 | Middle English | pure | pure, unadulterated, undiluted, untarnished;... |
| 7 | Old French | pur | pure; Alternative form of por |
| 8 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 9 | Old French | vie | life |
| 10 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 11 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 12 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 13 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |