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
- Synonym of cyberbeggar
Ancestry of “e-beggar”, step by step
e-beggar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beggar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beggar | A person who begs; A person suffering from... |
| 2 | Middle English | beggere | A beggar one who begs for alms |
| 3 | Middle English | beggen | to beg |
| 4 | Old English | becgan | — |
| 5 | Old English | bedecian | to beg |
| 6 | Old English | bedu | request; prayer; supplication; religious worship |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bedō | a request; a prayer; plea |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰedʰ- | to request, pray, ask for |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower 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 |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |