Where does “backslang” come from?
backslang (English) comes from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
backslang (English): A form of slang composed of words whose spelling...
Definitions
- A form of slang composed of words whose spelling...
Ancestry of “backslang”, step by step
backslang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English back
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 2 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 3 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 6 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 7 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 8 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 9 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 10 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 11 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 12 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English slang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slang | Language outside of conventional usage and in the... |
| 2 | English | sling | To throw with a circular or arcing motion; To... |
| 3 | English | spiderling | An immature spider; Any of various herbaceous... |
| 4 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 5 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 6 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |