Where does “squalid” come from?
Squalid comes from Latin squalidus, formed from Latin squalor with the suffix -idus, which derives from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos with the suffix -ōs.
squalid (English): Extremely dirty and unpleasant; Showing a...
Definitions
- Extremely dirty and unpleasant; Showing a...
Ancestry of “squalid”, step by step
squalid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual Squalidae
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Squalidae | family |
| 2 | Translingual | -idae | of the family of |
| 3 | Latin | -ides | son of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίδης | son of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via Latin squālidus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | squālidus | stiff, rough |
| 2 | Latin | squāleō | to be stiff or rough (with) |
| 3 | Latin | squalor | stiffness, roughness; dirtiness, filthiness,... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |