Where does “superērogātōrius” come from?
superērogātōrius (Latin) comes from Latin superērogātiō, from Latin superērogō, from Latin ērogō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
superērogātōrius (Latin): supererogatory
Definitions
- supererogatory
Ancestry of “superērogātōrius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | superērogātiō | A payment in addition |
| 2 | Latin | superērogō | to spend or pay out over and above |
| 3 | Latin | ērogō | to pay, pay out, expend, disburse |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |