Where does “Bushinator” come from?
Bushinator (English) comes from English Terminator, from Latin terminator, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Bushinator (English): George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009)
Definitions
- George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009)
Ancestry of “Bushinator”, step by step
Bushinator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Terminator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Terminator | Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator |
| 2 | Latin | terminator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English Bush
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 2 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 3 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 4 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 5 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |