Where does “penitentiarius” come from?
penitentiarius (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin paenitentia, from Ancient Greek μετάνοια, from Ancient Greek μετανοέω, from Ancient Greek νοέω, from Ancient Greek νόος, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
penitentiarius (Medieval Latin): place of penitence
Ancestry of “penitentiarius”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | paenitentia | repentance, penitence, regret; penance;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μετάνοια | afterthought, repentance |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετανοέω | to perceive afterwards or too late; to change... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νοέω | to perceive, observe, see, notice; to think,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νόος | mind; an act of mind; the sense or meaning of a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “penitentiarius”