Where does “blacketeering” come from?
blacketeering (English) comes from English marketeering, from English marketeer, from English -eer, from Dutch -eren, from Middle Dutch -eren, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Ancestry of “blacketeering”, step by step
blacketeering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English marketeering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marketeering | Marketing, especially when designed to mislead;... |
| 2 | English | marketeer | A specialist in marketing |
| 3 | English | -eer | Used to create an agent noun denoting someone... |
| 4 | Dutch | -eren | forms the plural of a limited group of nouns:... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -eren | — |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Black
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Black | Alternative letter-case form of black |
| 2 | Old French | blanc | white |
| 3 | Late Latin | blancus | white |
| 4 | Frankish | blank | bright; gleaming, white, blinding; bright,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *blank | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blankaz | bright, shining, white, gleaming, blinding |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bhleg- | to shine, white; to shine, burn, scorch |