Where does “whosesoever” come from?
whosesoever (English) comes from English soever, from English So, from English Sol, from Old French sol, from Latin solidum, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos, from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s — whole.
whosesoever (English): Of whomsoever
Definitions
- Of whomsoever
Ancestry of “whosesoever”, step by step
whosesoever traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English soever
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soever | In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis... |
| 2 | English | So | A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand;... |
| 3 | English | Sol | The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth |
| 4 | Old French | sol | alone; sol; Old French coin |
| 5 | Latin | solidum | solid |
| 6 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via English whose
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whose | Of whom, belonging to whom; Of which, belonging... |
| 2 | Middle English | whos | whose genitive |
| 3 | Old English | hwæs | genitive singular of hwā; genitive singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwes | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |