Where does “ridiculest” come from?
ridiculest (English) comes from English ridicule, from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ridiculest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...
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- second-person singular simple present form of...
Ancestry of “ridiculest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ridicule | to criticize or disapprove of someone or... |
| 2 | French | ridicule | ridiculous |
| 3 | Latin | rīdiculus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |