Where does “religious” come from?
Religious derives from Middle English religiouse, from Anglo-Norman religieus, from Latin religiosus, formed with the suffix -osus from religo, meaning to bind or tie back, ultimately from Latin ligo meaning to bind.
religious (English): Concerning religion; Committed to the practice or...
Definitions
- Concerning religion; Committed to the practice or...
Ancestry of “religious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | religiositas | religiousness |
| 2 | Latin | religiōsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | religiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | religō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “religious”