Where does “religionlessly” come from?
religionlessly (English) comes from English religionless, from English Religion, from Middle English religioun, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō, from Latin religō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
religionlessly (English): Without religion
Definitions
- Without religion
Ancestry of “religionlessly”, step by step
religionlessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English religionless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | religionless | Lacking religion |
| 2 | English | Religion | Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief |
| 3 | Middle English | religioun | religion |
| 4 | Old French | religion | religion |
| 5 | Latin | religiō | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness |
| 6 | Latin | religō | to bind fast |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |