Where does “sordid” come from?
Sordid comes from Latin sordidus, formed with the Latin suffix -idus from Proto-Indo-European swerd-, meaning to dirty or soil.
sordid (English): Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible;...
Definitions
- Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible;...
Ancestry of “sordid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sordide | sordid; squalid; sleazy |
| 2 | Latin | sordidus | dirty, filthy; of poor, mean, base quality,... |
| 3 | Latin | sordeō | to be dirty, filthy or foul |
| 4 | Latin | sordes | dirt, filth, squalor; meanness, stinginess,... |
| 5 | Latin | sordeo | I am dirty, filthy or foul; I am mean or base; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | swerdēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swerd- | dirty, dark, black |