Where does “e-hoarding” come from?
e-hoarding (English) comes from English hoarding, from English hoard, from Middle English hord, from Old French hourd, from Dutch horde, from Middle Dutch horde, from Frankish hurd, from English herd — to burn; to praise; to burn; fire, heat.
Ancestry of “e-hoarding”, step by step
e-hoarding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hoarding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hoarding | A temporary fence-like structure built around... |
| 2 | English | hoard | A hidden supply or fund; A cache of valuable... |
| 3 | Middle English | hord | A hoard or cache of hidden valuables; A location... |
| 4 | Old French | hourd | — |
| 5 | Dutch | horde | A horde; A troop of boy scouts, comprising no... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | horde | braided latticework |
| 7 | Frankish | hurd | — |
| 8 | English | herd | A number of domestic animals assembled together... |
| 9 | Dutch | hert | A deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; may... |
| 10 | Middle Dutch | hert | deer; hearth, fireplace |
| 11 | Old Dutch | herth | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | herþ | hearth, fireplace |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | herþaz | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kérh₃-to-s | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kerh₃- | to burn; to praise; to burn; fire, heat |
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 | — |