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Where does “celebrite” come from?

celebrite (Old French) comes from Latin celebritas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “celebrite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincelebritascrowd, multitude; celebration; fame, renown,...
2Latin-tās—
3Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “celebrite”

  • celebrity
  • celeb
  • noncelebrity
  • celebrityhood
  • celebritization
  • semicelebrity
  • sleb
  • minicelebrity
  • megacelebrity
  • celebritydom
  • supercelebrity
  • anticelebrity
  • incelebrity
  • pseudocelebrity
  • celebrityship
  • celebricide
  • subcelebrity
  • Celebgate
  • celebritize
  • celebrityness
  • celebritiness
  • celebrityville
  • pro-celeb
  • pro-celebrity
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