English
certitudinous
Certitudinous comes from Latin certitūdō ‘certainty, certitude’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kritosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertus‘certain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertitūdōas certitūdin-‘certainty, certitude’
- Englishtodaycertitudinous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*krey-‘to sift, separate, divide’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kritosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertus‘certain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcertitūdōas certitūdin-‘certainty, certitude’
- Englishtodaycertitudinous
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *krey- ‘to sift, separate, divide’
secretary, secret, crime, criminal, crisis, discrimination, discretion, critic, critique, riddle, discrete, discreet, discriminate, hypocrite, criterion, endocrine, discern, excrement, excretion, rime, incriminate, excrete, incrimination, ridder, recrimination, criterium, 44 more
through Proto-Italic *kritos
certainly, certainty, ascertain, 4 more
through Latin certus ‘certain’
Today it means
adj Characterised by certitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *krey- / certitudinous