Where does “Pinchergate” come from?
Pinchergate (English) comes from English pincher, from English pinch, from Middle English pinchen, from Old French pincer, from Vulgar Latin pincio, from Latin punctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Pinchergate (English): A 2022 controversy around alleged sexual misconduct by politician Chris Pincher, and whether prime minister Boris Johnson was aware of it and failed to take action
Definitions
- A 2022 controversy around alleged sexual misconduct by politician Chris Pincher, and whether prime minister Boris Johnson was aware of it and failed to take action
Ancestry of “Pinchergate”, step by step
Pinchergate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pincher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pincher | A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing;... |
| 2 | English | pinch | To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and... |
| 3 | Middle English | pinchen | — |
| 4 | Old French | pincer | to pinch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pincio | to puncture, pinch; I puncture, prick, pierce,... |
| 6 | Latin | punctiō | puncture, pricking |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | 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 |