Where does “catbriar” come from?
catbriar (English) comes from English Cat, from English concatenate, from Latin concatenatus, from Latin concateno, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
catbriar (English): The woody vine Smilax glauca
Definitions
- The woody vine Smilax glauca
Ancestry of “catbriar”, step by step
catbriar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cat | A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of... |
| 2 | English | concatenate | To join or link together, as though in a chain;... |
| 3 | Latin | concatenatus | which is to be linked or bound together or connected |
| 4 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Briar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Briar | Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera |
| 2 | French | bruyère | Heather, brier; A place of briers, a moor |
| 3 | Old French | bruiere | heather, heath |
| 4 | Romanian | bruia | to jam; to talk over someone |
| 5 | French | brouiller | to blur; to mix up, confuse; to scramble |
| 6 | Middle French | brouiller | — |
| 7 | Old French | brouiller | — |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | brodiculare | to jumble together |
| 9 | Latin | brodum | broth, stew |
| 10 | Frankish | broþ | broth |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bruþą | broth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |