Where does “stitchuation” come from?
stitchuation (English) comes from English situation, from Middle English situacioun, from Middle French situation, from Latin situatio, from Latin situō, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
stitchuation (English): A circumstance in which you end up with a bad outcome, not primarily as a result of your actions i.e. a stitch up
Definitions
- A circumstance in which you end up with a bad outcome, not primarily as a result of your actions i.e. a stitch up
Ancestry of “stitchuation”, step by step
stitchuation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English situation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 2 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 3 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 4 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 5 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 6 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |