Where does “cybergrooming” come from?
cybergrooming (English) comes from English grooming, from English groom, from English bridegroom, from Middle English brydgrome, from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô.
cybergrooming (English): The use of the Internet to carry out grooming
Definitions
- The use of the Internet to carry out grooming
Ancestry of “cybergrooming”, step by step
cybergrooming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grooming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grooming | present participle of groom; Care for one's... |
| 2 | English | groom | A man who is about to marry; A person who cares... |
| 3 | English | bridegroom | A man in the context of his own wedding; one who... |
| 4 | Middle English | brydgrome | Alternative form of bridegome |
| 5 | Middle English | bridegome | A groom; a man recently married or to be married;... |
| 6 | Old English | brȳdguma | bridegroom |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdigumō | bridegroom, husband of the bride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | brūdigumô | bridegroom, husband of the bride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gumô | man |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰm̥mō | earthling, human |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via English cyber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cyber | Of, or having to do with, the Internet;... |
| 2 | English | cybernetics | The theory/science of communication and control... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κυβερνήτης | captain, steersman, pilot, navigator; guide,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |