Where does “supererogatorily” come from?
supererogatorily (English) comes from English supererogatory, from Latin superērogātōrius, from Latin superērogātiō, from Latin superērogō, from Latin ērogō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
supererogatorily (English): In a supererogatory manner
Definitions
- In a supererogatory manner
Ancestry of “supererogatorily”, step by step
supererogatorily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English supererogatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | supererogatory | Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is... |
| 2 | Latin | superērogātōrius | supererogatory |
| 3 | Latin | superērogātiō | A payment in addition |
| 4 | Latin | superērogō | to spend or pay out over and above |
| 5 | Latin | ērogō | to pay, pay out, expend, disburse |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |