Where does “ignobilité” come from?
ignobilité (Middle French) comes from Latin ignobilitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
ignobilité (Middle French): ignobility
Definitions
- ignobility
Ancestry of “ignobilité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ignobilitas | obscurity; low birth |
| 2 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |