Where does “clemàstecs” come from?
clemàstecs (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan cremascles, from Vulgar Latin *cremastulum, from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
clemàstecs (Catalan): trammel set of rings or other hanging devices, used to hang cooking pots etc
Definitions
- trammel set of rings or other hanging devices, used to hang cooking pots etc
Ancestry of “clemàstecs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | cremascles | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *cremastulum | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρεμαστήρ | cremaster; stalk by which a grape-cluster hangs |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τήρ | Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |