Where does “semicensorship” come from?
semicensorship (English) comes from English censorship, from English -ship, from Middle English -schipe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
semicensorship (English): The state of being semicensored
Definitions
- The state of being semicensored
Ancestry of “semicensorship”, step by step
semicensorship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English censorship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | censorship | The use of state or group power to control... |
| 2 | English | -ship | Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -schipe | Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns... |
| 4 | Old English | -sċiepe | noun-forming suffix: -ship |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |