Where does “splayed” come from?
Splayed comes from Old English -od and Middle English -ed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, derived from Latin plicare meaning to fold, with the prefix ex-.
splayed (English): Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be...
Definitions
- Of a door or a window: bevelled so as to be...
Ancestry of “splayed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | splay | To spread; spread out; To dislocate, as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | splaien | — |
| 3 | Middle English | spaien | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | espeier | Alternative form of espier; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | espeer | to pierce |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |