Where does “Debategate” come from?
Debategate (English) comes from English debate, from French débat, from German Debatte, from French débattre, from Middle French debatre, from Old French debatre, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Debategate (English): A 1980s political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan, where Reagan's team somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for a debate with Reagan
Definitions
- A 1980s political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan, where Reagan's team somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for a debate with Reagan
Ancestry of “Debategate”, step by step
Debategate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English debate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | debate | An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered... |
| 2 | French | débat | debate |
| 3 | German | Debatte | debate |
| 4 | French | débattre | to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle |
| 5 | Middle French | debatre | — |
| 6 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |