Where does “chestfeed” come from?
chestfeed (English) comes from English chest, from English Chester, from English molester, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
chestfeed (English): To breastfeed
Definitions
- To breastfeed
Ancestry of “chestfeed”, step by step
chestfeed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chest | A box, now usually a large strong box with a... |
| 2 | English | Chester | A child molester |
| 3 | English | molester | Agent noun of molest: one who molests;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English breastfeed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breastfeed | To feed milk via the breasts; to suckle; to... |
| 2 | English | breast | Either of the two organs on the front of a female... |
| 3 | Middle English | brest | chest, thorax; The breast in several contexts;... |
| 4 | Old English | brēost | chest |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | breust | breast, chest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | breustą | breast, chest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrews- | to break |