Where does “craptacular” come from?
craptacular (English) comes from English -tacular, from English spectacular, from French spectaculaire, from French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum, from Latin -culum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
craptacular (English): Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to...
Definitions
- Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to...
Ancestry of “craptacular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -tacular | Used to form adjectives denoting some type of... |
| 2 | English | spectacular | Amazing or worthy of special notice; Related to,... |
| 3 | French | spectaculaire | spectacular |
| 4 | French | spectacle | a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert; a... |
| 5 | Latin | spectāculum | — |
| 6 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |