Where does “immaculate” come from?
immaculate (Latin) comes from Latin immaculatus, from Latin maculo, from Latin macula, from French -is, from Old French -eiz, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
immaculate (Latin): vocative masculine singular of immaculātus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of immaculātus
Ancestry of “immaculate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | immaculatus | unstained; stained, having been stained |
| 2 | Latin | maculo | I stain, make spotted; I defile, pollute; I... |
| 3 | Latin | macula | in a bad sense; in a neutral sense; ablative... |
| 4 | French | -is | Suffix forming the first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Old French | -eiz | — |
| 6 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 7 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |