Where does “breadliner” come from?
breadliner (English) comes from English breadline, from English bread, from Middle English bred, from Old English bred, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn, from Proto-Norse -īna-, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
breadliner (English): Someone who lives at the poverty level
Definitions
- Someone who lives at the poverty level
Ancestry of “breadliner”, step by step
breadliner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breadline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breadline | A line of people waiting to receive food from a... |
| 2 | English | bread | A foodstuff made by baking dough made from... |
| 3 | Middle English | bred | bread, pastry; food, nourishment |
| 4 | Old English | bred | surface; plank, board; table, tablet |
| 5 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |