Where does “sitcom” come from?
sitcom (Spanish) comes from English sitcom, from English situation, from Middle English situacioun, from Middle French situation, from Latin situatio, from Latin situō, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
sitcom (Spanish): sitcom
Ancestry of “sitcom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sitcom | clipping of situation comedy; Acronym of single... |
| 2 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 3 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 4 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 5 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 6 | Latin | situō | — |
| 7 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |