Where does “toddlerdom” come from?
toddlerdom (English) comes from English toddler, from English toddle, from English totter, from Middle English totren, from Middle English tolteren, from Old English tealtrian, from Proto-Germanic taltrōną, from Proto-Germanic taltōną — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
toddlerdom (English): The period or status of being a toddler
Definitions
- The period or status of being a toddler
Ancestry of “toddlerdom”, step by step
toddlerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toddler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toddler | A young child who has started walking but not... |
| 2 | English | toddle | To walk unsteadily, as a small child does; To... |
| 3 | English | totter | To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly;... |
| 4 | Middle English | totren | — |
| 5 | Middle English | tolteren | — |
| 6 | Old English | tealtrian | to shake, stagger, be unsteady, be uncertain,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taltrōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taltōną | to sway, dangle, hesitate |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |