Where does “e-beggar” come from?

e-beggar (English) comes from English beggar, from Middle English beggere, from Middle English beggen, from Old English becgan, from Old English bedecian, from Old English bedu, from Proto-Germanic bedō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

e-beggar (English): Synonym of cyberbeggar

Definitions

  1. Synonym of cyberbeggar

Ancestry of “e-beggar”, step by step

e-beggar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English beggar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeggarA person who begs; A person suffering from...
2Middle EnglishbeggereA beggar one who begs for alms
3Middle Englishbeggento beg
4Old Englishbecgan
5Old Englishbedecianto beg
6Old Englishbedurequest; prayer; supplication; religious worship
7Proto-Germanicbedōa request; a prayer; plea
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for

via English E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
2Old EnglishE
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4Etruscan𐌄
5Ancient GreekεLower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll
6Phoenician𐤄that
7Egyptian𓀠
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic bedōEvery word from Old English bedu
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