Where does “bumfodder” come from?
bumfodder (English) comes 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, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.
bumfodder (English): toilet paper; bureaucratic or officious documents
Definitions
- toilet paper; bureaucratic or officious documents
Ancestry of “bumfodder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | bum | The buttocks; The anus; To sodomize; to engage in... |
| 2 | German | Bummler | stroller; laggard; idler, loafer |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | — |