Etymology

argumenthood

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Today it means: The property of being an argument. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English argument
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
  3. Proto-Italic*argusder.?
  4. Latinarguō
  5. Latinargūmentum
  6. Anglo-Normanarguement
  7. Middle Englishargument
  8. Englishargument
  9. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  10. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  11. English todayargumenthood

From argument + -hood.

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