Where does “thereanent” come from?
thereanent (English) comes from English anent, from Middle English anent, from Old English onemn, from Old English enm, from Translingual en, from English ethylenediamine, from English diamine, from English amine.
thereanent (English): Concerning that; relating to that; thereabout
Definitions
- Concerning that; relating to that; thereabout
Ancestry of “thereanent”, step by step
thereanent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anent | Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to,... |
| 2 | Middle English | anent | — |
| 3 | Old English | onemn | by; near |
| 4 | Old English | enm | — |
| 5 | Translingual | en | — |
| 6 | English | ethylenediamine | The diamine NH-CH-CH-NH that is used in organic... |
| 7 | English | diamine | Any compound containing two amino functional... |
| 8 | English | amine | A functional group formally derived from ammonia... |
| 9 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 10 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 11 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 12 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 13 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 14 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |