Where does “Rinkagate” come from?
Rinkagate (English) comes from English -gate, from English Watergate, from English water, from Middle English water, from Old English wæter, from Proto-West Germanic watar, from Proto-Germanic watōr, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Rinkagate (English): A 1976 British scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover
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- A 1976 British scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover
Ancestry of “Rinkagate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -gate | Combined with keywords to form the names of... |
| 2 | English | Watergate | An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon |
| 3 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 4 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 5 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |