Where does “dreadmill” come from?
dreadmill (English) comes from English dread, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic andarādan, from Proto-West Germanic anda-, from Proto-Germanic anda-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti — on, onto.
dreadmill (English): A treadmill exercise equipment, regarded as an object of dread by one who does not enjoy exercising
Definitions
- A treadmill exercise equipment, regarded as an object of dread by one who does not enjoy exercising
Ancestry of “dreadmill”, step by step
dreadmill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dread
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dread | To fear greatly; To anticipate with fear; To be... |
| 2 | Middle English | dreden | To fear or dread |
| 3 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 4 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English treadmill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | treadmill | A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to... |
| 2 | English | Mill | John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher |
| 3 | English | million | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand... |
| 4 | Middle English | milioun | The cardinal number 1 000 000: 106; a thousand thousand |
| 5 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Old French | millon | — |
| 7 | Italian | milione | million |
| 8 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 9 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |