Where does “hoedanicheit” come from?
hoedanicheit (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin qualitas, from Ancient Greek ποιότης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Ancestry of “hoedanicheit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | qualitas | quality, property |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ποιότης | quality |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “hoedanicheit”