Where does “supererogatory” come from?
supererogatory (English) comes from Latin superērogātōrius, from Latin superērogātiō, from Latin superērogō, from Latin ērogō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
supererogatory (English): Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is...
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- Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is...
Ancestry of “supererogatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | superērogātōrius | supererogatory |
| 2 | Latin | superērogātiō | A payment in addition |
| 3 | Latin | superērogō | to spend or pay out over and above |
| 4 | Latin | ērogō | to pay, pay out, expend, disburse |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |