Where does “catercorner” come from?
catercorner (English) comes from English cater-corner, from English cater-cornered, from English cater, from Middle English catour, from Middle English acatour, from Old French acheter, from Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin acceptō — in.
catercorner (English): Alternative form of cater-corner
Definitions
- Alternative form of cater-corner
Ancestry of “catercorner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cater-corner | Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to... |
| 2 | English | cater-cornered | Alternative form of cater-corner |
| 3 | English | cater | To provide, "particularly:"; Synonym of acater:... |
| 4 | Middle English | catour | acater, provisioner |
| 5 | Middle English | acatour | acater |
| 6 | Old French | acheter | to purchase; buy |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | accaptare | — |
| 8 | Latin | acceptō | to take, receive, accept (regularly) |
| 9 | Latin | accipiō | to receive, accept, take |
| 10 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |