Where does “creepshotter” come from?
creepshotter (English) comes from English creepshot, from English shot, from Middle English schot, from Old English Scot, from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic skutą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewd- — to advance, push; to drive, propel.
creepshotter (English): A person who takes creepshots
Definitions
- A person who takes creepshots
Ancestry of “creepshotter”, step by step
creepshotter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English creepshot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creepshot | A surreptitiously taken photograph of a person (usually a woman) focusing on sexualized areas of the body such as the breasts, groin, or buttocks |
| 2 | English | shot | Worn out or broken; Woven from warp and weft... |
| 3 | Middle English | schot | A missile or projectile; a thrown or fired weapon |
| 4 | Old English | Scot | shot, act of shooting |
| 5 | Old Norse | skot | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skutą | shot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |
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 |