Where does “univershitty” come from?
univershitty (English) comes from English University, from Middle English universite, from Anglo-Norman université, from Old French universitei, from Medieval Latin universitas, from Latin ūniversitās, from Latin ūniversus, from Latin versus — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
univershitty (English): A university, particularly an undistinguished one
Definitions
- A university, particularly an undistinguished one
Ancestry of “univershitty”, step by step
univershitty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English University
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | University | An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels |
| 2 | Middle English | universite | A university or college; The totality of students... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | université | university |
| 4 | Old French | universitei | university |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | universitas | group of teachers and students; university;... |
| 6 | Latin | ūniversitās | the whole |
| 7 | Latin | ūniversus | whole, entire, taken collectively or altogether |
| 8 | Latin | versus | turned, changed, having been turned; towards,... |
| 9 | Latin | vertō | to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English shitty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shitty | Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant;... |
| 2 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |