Where does “eksperyans” come from?
eksperyans (Haitian Creole) comes from English experience, from Middle English experience, from Latin experientia, from Latin experiens, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
eksperyans (Haitian Creole): experience
Definitions
- experience
Ancestry of “eksperyans”, step by step
eksperyans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English experience
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | experience | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced... |
| 2 | Middle English | experience | — |
| 3 | Latin | experientia | a trial, proof, experiment; experimental... |
| 4 | Latin | experiens | testing, trying, experiencing |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via French expérience
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | expérience | experiment, trial, test; experience, the totality... |