Where does “opiniâtre” come from?
opiniâtre (French) comes from French opinion, from Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
opiniâtre (French): opinionated, stubborn, obstinate; first-person...
Definitions
- opinionated, stubborn, obstinate; first-person...
Ancestry of “opiniâtre”, step by step
opiniâtre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French opinion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 2 | Middle French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 3 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French opiniâtrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | opiniâtrer | — |