argumenthood

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noun

The property of being an argument.

OriginProto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English argument →
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Meanings

nounargumenthood (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe property of being an argument.

    If there is no DP in the 'strict' sense, the question arises as how Chinese encodes argumenthood and referential properties.

    2006, Joanna Ut-seong Sio, Modification and reference in the Chinese nominal, page 10

Origin

  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. Englishargumenthood

From argument + -hood.

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