Where does “lit” come from?
lit (Polish) comes from New Latin lithium, from Latin lithia, from Latin lithium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
lit (Polish): lithium; lithium carbonate, a drug used in the...
Definitions
- lithium; lithium carbonate, a drug used in the...
Ancestry of “lit”, step by step
lit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via New Latin lithium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | lithium | lithium |
| 2 | Latin | lithia | nominative plural of lithium; accusative plural... |
| 3 | Latin | lithium | lithium |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Lithuanian litas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | litas | litas monetary unit of Lithuania between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2015; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2015 |