Where does “quaverous” come from?
quaverous (English) comes from English quaver, from Middle English quaveren, from Middle English -eren, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
quaverous (English): quavery
Definitions
- quavery
Ancestry of “quaverous”, step by step
quaverous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quaver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quaver | A trembling shake; A trembling of the voice, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | quaveren | To waver or vacillate |
| 3 | Middle English | -eren | A frequentative suffix forming verbs from other verbs or onomatopoeia, indicating repetition or continuity |
| 4 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |