Where does “buckraker” come from?

buckraker (English) comes from English muckraker, from English raker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.

buckraker (English): A well-connected journalist who uses his or her...

Definitions

  1. A well-connected journalist who uses his or her...

Ancestry of “buckraker”, step by step

buckraker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English muckraker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmuckrakerOne who investigates and exposes issues of...
2EnglishrakerA person who uses a rake; A machine for raking...
3English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
4Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
5Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
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 buck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuckA male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare,...
2Middle Englishbukkemale goat; male deer or roe
3Old Englishbūcbelly, stomach; belly, stomach, pitcher; belly,...
4Proto-West Germanic*būk
5Proto-Germanicbūkazbelly, abdomen; body
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
Every word from Chichewa iye