Where does “dummymander” come from?
dummymander (English) comes from English dummy, from English dumb, from English damn, from Middle English dampnen, from Old French dampner, from Latin damnō, from Latin damnum, from Proto-Italic dapnom — to share, divide.
dummymander (English): A gerrymander that has narrow margins to electorally benefit the gerrymandering party and has a high probability of backfiring
Definitions
- A gerrymander that has narrow margins to electorally benefit the gerrymandering party and has a high probability of backfiring
Ancestry of “dummymander”, step by step
dummymander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dummy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dummy | A silent person; a person who does not talk; An... |
| 2 | English | dumb | Unable to speak; lacking power of speech; Silent;... |
| 3 | English | damn | To condemn to hell; To condemn; to declare... |
| 4 | Middle English | dampnen | to damn |
| 5 | Old French | dampner | to damn |
| 6 | Latin | damnō | to discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject |
| 7 | Latin | damnum | damage or injury; loss; a fine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dapnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₂pnóm | expense, investment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
via English gerrymander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gerrymander | To divide a geographic area into voting districts... |
| 2 | English | salamander | A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of... |
| 3 | Middle English | salamandre | — |
| 4 | Old French | salamandre | salamander |
| 5 | Latin | salamandra | salamander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σαλαμάνδρα | fire salamander |
| 7 | Persian | سمندر | salamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature... |
| 8 | Persian | سام | fire; flame; swell, swelling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHmás | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-mó-s | black, dark |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |