Where does “self-opinion” come from?
self-opinion (English) comes from English opinion, from Middle English opinion, from Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
self-opinion (English): One's own opinion; Exalted opinion of oneself;...
Definitions
- One's own opinion; Exalted opinion of oneself;...
Ancestry of “self-opinion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | opinion | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | opinion | — |
| 3 | Middle French | opinion | opinion |
| 4 | Latin | opīniō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |