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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdummyA silent person; a person who does not talk; An...
2EnglishdumbUnable to speak; lacking power of speech; Silent;...
3EnglishdamnTo condemn to hell; To condemn; to declare...
4Middle Englishdampnento damn
5Old Frenchdampnerto damn
6Latindamnōto discredit, find fault, disapprove, reject
7Latindamnumdamage or injury; loss; a fine
8Proto-Italicdapnom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandh₂pnómexpense, investment
10Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂p-to sacrifice; to lose
11Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

via English gerrymander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgerrymanderTo divide a geographic area into voting districts...
2EnglishsalamanderA long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of...
3Middle Englishsalamandre
4Old Frenchsalamandresalamander
5Latinsalamandrasalamander
6Ancient Greekσαλαμάνδραfire salamander
7Persianسمندرsalamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature...
8Persianسامfire; flame; swell, swelling
9Proto-Indo-IranianćyaHmásblack
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱyeh₁-mó-sblack, dark
11Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂-