Where does “demigauntlet” come from?
demigauntlet (English) comes from English gauntlet, from Middle English gauntelett, from Old French gantelet, from Old French -elet, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
demigauntlet (English): A bandage that covers the hand but not the fingers
Definitions
- A bandage that covers the hand but not the fingers
Ancestry of “demigauntlet”, step by step
demigauntlet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gauntlet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gauntlet | Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown... |
| 2 | Middle English | gauntelett | — |
| 3 | Old French | gantelet | gauntlet |
| 4 | Old French | -elet | diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English demi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | demi | Alternative spelling of demy; A fifty pence... |
| 2 | Middle English | demi | half, half-sized, partial |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | demi | half |
| 4 | Latin | dīmidius | half |
| 5 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |