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Where does “dignité” come from?

dignité (French) comes from Old French dignité, from Latin dīgnitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

dignité (French): dignity

Definitions

  1. dignity

Ancestry of “dignité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdignitédignity
2Latindīgnitās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “dignité”

  • dignitaire
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