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Where does “karnaper” come from?

karnaper (Cebuano) comes from English carnapper, from English kidnapper, from English kidnap, from English NAP, from French napper, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

karnaper (Cebuano): carnapper

Definitions

  1. carnapper

Ancestry of “karnaper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcarnapperOne who engages in carjacking; one who steals an...
2EnglishkidnapperA person who kidnaps someone
3EnglishkidnapTo seize and detain a person unlawfully;...
4EnglishNAPAcronym of non-aggression principle; Acronym of...
5Frenchnapperto cover
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-āre—
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
15Chichewaiyehe, she
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