Where does “territoriality” come from?
Territoriality comes from English territorial plus the suffix -ity, from French -ité, Latin -alis and -itas, and Latin terra meaning land, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ters-.
territoriality (English): The fact or legal status of being a territory;...
Definitions
- The fact or legal status of being a territory;...
Ancestry of “territoriality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | territorial | Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific... |
| 2 | Late Latin | territorialis | territorial; of or pertaining to a territory |
| 3 | Latin | territōrium | territory particularly |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |