Where does “coarsener” come from?
coarsener (English) comes from English coarsen, from English coarse, from English course, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coarsener (English): That which makes coarse
Definitions
- That which makes coarse
Ancestry of “coarsener”, step by step
coarsener traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coarsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coarsen | To make coarse; To become coarse |
| 2 | English | coarse | Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior... |
| 3 | English | course | A sequence of events; A path that something or... |
| 4 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 5 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 6 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 7 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |