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Where does “pilgrimage” come from?

pilgrimage (Middle English) comes from Old French peligrinage, from Old French pelerinage, from Old French pelerin, from Ecclesiastical Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

pilgrimage (Middle English): pilgrimage

Definitions

  1. pilgrimage

Ancestry of “pilgrimage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeligrinage—
2Old Frenchpelerinagepilgrimage
3Old Frenchpelerinpilgrim; foreigner; foreign
4Ecclesiastical Latinpelegrinus—
5Latinperegrīnus—
6Latin-īnus—
7Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “pilgrimage”

  • pilgrimage
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