Where does “bodyscape” come from?

bodyscape (English) comes from English scape, from Middle English scapen, from Middle English escapen, from Old French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

bodyscape (English): An artistic style where closeup photographs of...

Definitions

  1. An artistic style where closeup photographs of...

Ancestry of “bodyscape”, step by step

bodyscape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscapeA leafless stalk growing directly out of a root;...
2Middle Englishscapen
3Middle Englishescapen
4Old FrenchescaperAlternative form of eschaper
5Vulgar Latinexcapparepresent active infinitive of *excappō;...
6Latin-ārefirst conjugation
7Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
8Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Chichewa iye
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