Where does “curry-muncher” come from?
curry-muncher (English) comes from English curry, from Middle English currayen, from Old French correer, from Vulgar Latin conredare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — resin, gum; to say, speak.
curry-muncher (English): A person from the Indian subcontinent
Definitions
- A person from the Indian subcontinent
Ancestry of “curry-muncher”, step by step
curry-muncher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curry
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curry | One of a family of dishes originating from South... |
| 2 | Middle English | currayen | — |
| 3 | Old French | correer | To prepare |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | conredare | — |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English muncher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | muncher | Someone who munches |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |