Where does “rent-seeking” come from?
rent-seeking (English) comes from English rent, from Middle English rent, from Old French rente, from Medieval Latin rendita, from Latin rendō, from Latin reddō, from Latin dō, from Proto-Italic didō — to give.
rent-seeking (English): The attempt to profit by manipulating the...
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Ancestry of “rent-seeking”, step by step
rent-seeking traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English rent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rent | A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order... |
| 2 | Middle English | rent | rent: income; revenue |
| 3 | Old French | rente | income |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | rendita | — |
| 5 | Latin | rendō | — |
| 6 | Latin | reddō | to give back, return, restore |
| 7 | Latin | dō | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
via English seeking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seeking | The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English profit]] from [[possession]] of a [[valuable]] [[right#Noun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | profit]] from [[possession]] of a [[valuable]] [[right#Noun | — |