Where does “absurd” come from?
absurd (Indonesian) comes from Dutch absurd, from Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from Latin absonus, from Latin -sonus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
absurd (Indonesian): absurd
Definitions
- absurd
Ancestry of “absurd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | absurd | absurd |
| 2 | Middle French | absurde | — |
| 3 | Latin | absurdus | discordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent,... |
| 4 | Latin | absonus | harsh, discordant; unsuitable, incongruous |
| 5 | Latin | -sonus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |