Where does “disemvowel” come from?
disemvowel (English) comes from English disembowel, from English embowel, from English bowel, from Middle French bouel, from Old French boiel, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disemvowel (English): To remove the vowels from, for example, for the...
Definitions
- To remove the vowels from, for example, for the...
Ancestry of “disemvowel”, step by step
disemvowel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disembowel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disembowel | To take or let out the bowels or interior parts... |
| 2 | English | embowel | To enclose or bury; To remove the bowels;... |
| 3 | English | bowel | A part or division of the intestines, usually the... |
| 4 | Middle French | bouel | — |
| 5 | Old French | boiel | bowel |
| 6 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English vowel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vowel | A sound produced by the vocal cords with... |
| 2 | Old French | vouel | Alternative form of voyeul |
| 3 | Old French | voyeul | vowel |
| 4 | Latin | vōcālis | uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal |
| 5 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |