Where does “quidam” come from?
quidam (Latin) comes from Latin -dam, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās, from Ancient Greek δεκάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
quidam (Latin): someone, a certain one/thing; something; Certain...
Definitions
- someone, a certain one/thing; something; Certain...
Ancestry of “quidam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | -dam | — |
| 2 | Translingual | da | — |
| 3 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 4 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 5 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |