Where does “solempnete” come from?
solempnete (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman solempneté, from Old French solemnité, from Latin sollemnitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
solempnete (Middle English): solemnity
Ancestry of “solempnete”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Anglo-Norman | solempneté | — |
| 2 | Old French | solemnité | — |
| 3 | Latin | sollemnitās | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |