Where does “contrafreeloader” come from?
contrafreeloader (English) comes from English contrafreeload, from English contrafreeloading, from English freeloading, from English freeload, from English freeloader, from English Free, from English faller, from English -er — he, she.
contrafreeloader (English): An animal that chooses to obtain food that requires effort rather than food that does not require effort; an animal that engages in contrafreeloading
Definitions
- An animal that chooses to obtain food that requires effort rather than food that does not require effort; an animal that engages in contrafreeloading
Ancestry of “contrafreeloader”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contrafreeload | To engage in contrafreeloading |
| 2 | English | contrafreeloading | A behaviour, where, when given a choice, an individual animal will choose a food source which requires effort to obtain instead of that which requires little to no effort |
| 3 | English | freeloading | The act of one who freeloads |
| 4 | English | freeload | To live off the generosity or hospitality of... |
| 5 | English | freeloader | One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share |
| 6 | English | Free | Unconstrained |
| 7 | English | faller | One who falls; A fruit that falls from the tree,... |
| 8 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 9 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 10 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 16 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |