Where does “vauntingly” come from?
vauntingly (English) comes from English vaunting, from English vaunt, from Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, from Old French vanter, from Latin vānitāre, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano.
vauntingly (English): So as to vaunt; with boastful display
Definitions
- So as to vaunt; with boastful display
Ancestry of “vauntingly”, step by step
vauntingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vaunting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vaunting | present participle of vaunt; boasting |
| 2 | English | vaunt | To speak boastfully; To speak boastfully about;... |
| 3 | Middle English | vaunten | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | vaunter | Alternative form of vanter |
| 5 | Old French | vanter | to boast; to blow |
| 6 | Latin | vānitāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | vānus | vain, empty, vacant, void |
| 8 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 9 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 10 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |