Where does “singleheartedly” come from?
singleheartedly (English) comes from English singlehearted, from English single, from Middle English single, from Old French sengle, from Late Latin cingula, from Latin Cingulum, from Latin -ulum, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
singleheartedly (English): Alternative form of single-heartedly
Definitions
- Alternative form of single-heartedly
Ancestry of “singleheartedly”, step by step
singleheartedly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English singlehearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | singlehearted | Alternative form of single-hearted |
| 2 | English | single | Not accompanied by anything else; one in number;... |
| 3 | Middle English | single | — |
| 4 | Old French | sengle | single; alone; alone; in an unaccompanied way |
| 5 | Late Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 6 | Latin | Cingulum | situated on a lofty hill, now Cingoli |
| 7 | Latin | -ulum | Used to form a noun of instrument or means from a... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |