Where does “vaniteusement” come from?
vaniteusement (French) comes from French vaniteux, from French vanité, from Middle French vanité, from Old French vanité, from Latin vānitas, from Latin vānus, from Italian vano, from Italian vanare.
vaniteusement (French): vainly, frivolously
Ancestry of “vaniteusement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vaniteux | conceited, frivolous, vain; a conceited person,... |
| 2 | French | vanité | futility, pointlessness; vanity; vanitas |
| 3 | Middle French | vanité | vanity |
| 4 | Old French | vanité | — |
| 5 | Latin | vānitas | — |
| 6 | Latin | vānus | — |
| 7 | Italian | vano | vain, useless, idle; quaint; space, opening,... |
| 8 | Italian | vanare | Alternative form of vaneggiare |
| 9 | Romanian | -re | -ing, -ation |
| 10 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |