Where does “religiosus” come from?
religiosus (Latin) comes from Latin religiō, from Latin religō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
religiosus (Latin): pious, devout, religious
Definitions
- pious, devout, religious
Ancestry of “religiosus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | religiō | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness |
| 2 | Latin | religō | to bind fast |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “religiosus”
- religious
- religiously
- religiosity
- irreligious
- nonreligious
- interreligious
- religiousness
- religieux
- antireligious
- multireligious
- ethnoreligious
- socioreligious
- unreligious
- quasireligious
- semireligious
- irreligiously
- politicoreligious
- areligious
- irreligiousness
- pseudoreligious
- magicoreligious
- intrareligious
- ultrareligious
- postreligious