Where does “wellderly” come from?
wellderly (English) comes from English elderly, from English elder, from English -dom, from English DOM, from English dominance, from English -ance, from Middle English -aunce, from Old French -ance — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
wellderly (English): Old people who are in good health
Definitions
- Old people who are in good health
Ancestry of “wellderly”, step by step
wellderly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English elderly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elderly | old; having lived for relatively many years; Of... |
| 2 | English | elder | comparative degree of old: older, greater than... |
| 3 | English | -dom | Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of... |
| 4 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 5 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 6 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 7 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 8 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 9 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English well
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | well | Accurately, competently, satisfactorily;... |
| 2 | Middle English | wellen | to boil, to bubble |
| 3 | Old English | weallan | to well |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wallaną | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |