Where does “castrater” come from?
castrater (English) comes from English castrate, from Latin castrātus, from Latin castrō, from Proto-Italic kastrāō, from Proto-Italic kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
castrater (English): Alternative form of castrator
Definitions
- Alternative form of castrator
Ancestry of “castrater”, step by step
castrater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English castrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | castrate | A castrated man; a eunuch; To remove the... |
| 2 | Latin | castrātus | castrated, emasculated |
| 3 | Latin | castrō | to prune |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kastrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kastrom | knife |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱos-tróm | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |
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 |