Where does “statecrafty” come from?
statecrafty (English) comes from English statecraft, from English -craft, from Middle English -craft, from Old English -cræft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
statecrafty (English): Able in statecraft, politically adept
Definitions
- Able in statecraft, politically adept
Ancestry of “statecrafty”, step by step
statecrafty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English statecraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | statecraft | The skills of being a statesman, of leading a... |
| 2 | English | -craft | Denoting a skill of a particular kind; Denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -craft | — |
| 4 | Old English | -cræft | denoting an art or science; denoting strength or... |
| 5 | Old English | cræft | strength, power; skill; art |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |