Where does “bumblesome” come from?
bumblesome (English) comes from English bumble, from English bum, from German Bummler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
bumblesome (English): Characterised or marked by bumbling
Definitions
- Characterised or marked by bumbling
Ancestry of “bumblesome”, step by step
bumblesome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bumble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bumble | A confusion; a jumble; To act in an inept, clumsy... |
| 2 | English | bum | The buttocks; The anus; To sodomize; to engage in... |
| 3 | German | Bummler | stroller; laggard; idler, loafer |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |