Where does “moraltant” come from?
moraltant (Swedish) comes from Swedish tant, from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.
moraltant (Swedish): a person (especially a woman) prone to moralizing
Definitions
- a person (especially a woman) prone to moralizing
Ancestry of “moraltant”, step by step
moraltant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tant | older lady; Used to address older women |
| 2 | French | tante | aunt |
| 3 | Middle French | tante | — |
| 4 | Middle French | ante | auntie; aunt |
| 5 | Old French | ante | nominative singular of antain; aunt |
| 6 | Latin | amita | paternal aunt; father's sister |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | amma- | mother |
via Swedish moral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | moral | morale, character; moral, moral practices,... |
| 2 | German | Moral | moral, morality; morale |
| 3 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |