Where does “bushfighter” come from?
bushfighter (English) comes from English fighter, from Middle English fightere, from Old English feohtere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
bushfighter (English): One who takes part in bushfighting
Definitions
- One who takes part in bushfighting
Ancestry of “bushfighter”, step by step
bushfighter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fighter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fighter | A person who fights; a combatant; A warrior;... |
| 2 | Middle English | fightere | A soldier or combatant; a person in combat |
| 3 | Old English | feohtere | fighter, warrior |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via English Bush
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 2 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 3 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 4 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 5 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |