Where does “chain smoker” come from?
chain smoker (English) comes from German Kettenraucher, from German Raucher, from German rauchen, from French fumer, from Middle French fumer, from Latin fumare, from Latin fumo, from Latin fumus — smoke; mist, haze.
chain smoker (English): One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain
Definitions
- One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain
Ancestry of “chain smoker”, step by step
chain smoker traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kettenraucher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kettenraucher | chain smoker |
| 2 | German | Raucher | agent noun of rauchen; smoker |
| 3 | German | rauchen | to smoke |
| 4 | French | fumer | to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam |
| 5 | Middle French | fumer | to smoke |
| 6 | Latin | fumare | present active infinitive of fūmō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | fumo | I smoke, steam, fume |
| 8 | Latin | fumus | smoke, steam; indication, sign |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | fūmos | smoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰuh₂mós | smoke |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English smoker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smoker | A person who smokes tobacco habitually; A smoking... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |