Where does “kretenski” come from?
kretenski (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish Kreta, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
kretenski (Serbo-Croatian): cretinous, idiotic; cretinously, idiotically
Definitions
- cretinous, idiotic; cretinously, idiotically
Ancestry of “kretenski”, step by step
kretenski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Kreta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Kreta | Crete |
| 2 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Serbo-Croatian krètēn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | krètēn | cretin (person who fails to develop) |