Where does “saturnine” come from?

Saturnine comes from Middle English saturnyne, from Old French saturnin, from Latin Saturninus, an adjective derived from Latin satus, the past participle of serere meaning to sow or plant.

saturnine (English): Of a person: having a tendency to be cold,...

Definitions

  1. Of a person: having a tendency to be cold,...

Ancestry of “saturnine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsaturnine—
2Old Frenchsaturnine—
3LatinSāturnīnus—
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “saturnine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →
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