Where does “societywide” come from?
societywide (English) comes from English society, from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, from Latin socius, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.
societywide (English): Throughout society
Definitions
- Throughout society
Ancestry of “societywide”, step by step
societywide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English society
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | society | A long-standing group of people sharing cultural... |
| 2 | Middle French | societé | society |
| 3 | Old French | societé | society; association; council; group; society;... |
| 4 | Latin | societās | society, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity a union for a common purpose |
| 5 | Latin | socius | sharing, joining in, partaking, associated;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πάθος | pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πάσχω | to undergo, experience; have someone do something... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |
via English wide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wide | Having a large physical extent from side to side;... |
| 2 | Old English | wīd | wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wīdaz | wide; broad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁os | set apart, asunder, in two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |