Where does “strifeful” come from?
strifeful (English) comes from English strife, from Middle English strif, from Old French estrif, from Old French estriver, from Frankish strīban, from Proto-Germanic strībaną, from Proto-Indo-European streybʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.
strifeful (English): Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious
Definitions
- Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious
Ancestry of “strifeful”, step by step
strifeful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strife
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strife | Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work; Exertion... |
| 2 | Middle English | strif | conflict; dispute |
| 3 | Old French | estrif | quarrel; dispute |
| 4 | Old French | estriver | to compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an... |
| 5 | Frankish | strīban | to exert, to make an effort |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strībaną | to be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | streybʰ- | to be stiff |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English ful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ful | — |