Where does “dole bludger” come from?
dole bludger (English) comes from English bludger, from English bludgeoner, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
dole bludger (English): An unemployed person who has no intention of...
Definitions
- An unemployed person who has no intention of...
Ancestry of “dole bludger”, step by step
dole bludger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bludger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bludger | A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a... |
| 2 | English | bludgeoner | One who bludgeons |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English dole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dole | To distribute in small amounts; to share out... |
| 2 | Middle English | dole | grief, sorrow |
| 3 | Old French | doel | pain; suffering; anguish |
| 4 | Latin | dolus | trickery, deception, deceit, guile; evil intent;... |
| 5 | Latin | dolor | pain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow;... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |