Where does “strumously” come from?
strumously (English) comes from English strumous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald — to grow, nourish.
strumously (English): In a strumous manner
Definitions
- In a strumous manner
Ancestry of “strumously”, step by step
strumously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strumous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strumous | scrofulous; having struma |
| 2 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 3 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 4 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 5 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |