Where does “disembowel” come from?
disembowel (English) comes from English embowel, from English bowel, from Middle French bouel, from Old French boiel, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disembowel (English): To take or let out the bowels or interior parts...
Definitions
- To take or let out the bowels or interior parts...
Ancestry of “disembowel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | embowel | To enclose or bury; To remove the bowels;... |
| 2 | English | bowel | A part or division of the intestines, usually the... |
| 3 | Middle French | bouel | — |
| 4 | Old French | boiel | bowel |
| 5 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |