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
self-opinion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English opinion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opinion | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person... |
| 2 | Middle English | opinion | — |
| 3 | Middle French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 4 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 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 |
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 |