Where does “Alberta clipper” come from?
Alberta clipper (English) comes from English Alberta, from English -a, from English have, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town, from Middle English toun — on, onto.
Alberta clipper (English): A snowstorm that travels quickly eastward from the Canadian Rockies
Definitions
- A snowstorm that travels quickly eastward from the Canadian Rockies
Ancestry of “Alberta clipper”, step by step
Alberta clipper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Alberta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Alberta | Canadian province where fossils were discovered |
| 2 | English | -a | plural of -um; plural of -on; Marks singular... |
| 3 | English | have | To possess, own; To hold, as something at... |
| 4 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 5 | English | ’s | — |
| 6 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 7 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 8 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 9 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 10 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English clipper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clipper | Anything that clips; A tool used for clipping... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |