Where does “archmurderer” come from?
archmurderer (English) comes from English arch, from English architecture, from French architecture, from Latin architectūra, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων, from Ancient Greek τέκτων, from Proto-Hellenic téktōn — to sire, beget.
archmurderer (English): One who kills many people; a murderer who...
Definitions
- One who kills many people; a murderer who...
Ancestry of “archmurderer”, step by step
archmurderer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English arch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | arch | An inverted U shape; An arch-shaped arrangement... |
| 2 | English | architecture | The art and science of designing and managing the... |
| 3 | French | architecture | architecture |
| 4 | Latin | architectūra | architecture |
| 5 | Latin | architectus | architect, master builder; designer, inventor,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχιτέκτων | chief constructor, master builder, architect |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τέκτων | one who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | téktōn | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱō | carpenter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English murderer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | murderer | A person who commits murder |
| 2 | English | murder | The crime of deliberately killing another person... |
| 3 | Middle English | murder | — |
| 4 | Middle English | murthre | murder |
| 5 | Old English | morþor | murder; great sin or crime, enormity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | murþrą | murder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mrtro- | murder, death; killing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |