Where does “self-efficacy” come from?
self-efficacy (English) comes from English efficacy, from Old French efficace, from Latin efficacia, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
self-efficacy (English): extent or strength of one's belief in one's own...
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- extent or strength of one's belief in one's own...
Ancestry of “self-efficacy”, step by step
self-efficacy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English efficacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | efficacy | Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal... |
| 2 | Old French | efficace | — |
| 3 | Latin | efficacia | efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency; virtue;... |
| 4 | Latin | efficāx | efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English Self
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 2 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 3 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |