Where does “expugner” come from?
expugner (English) comes from English expugn, from French expugner, from Latin expugnare, from Latin expugno, from Latin pugnō, from Latin pūgnus, from Proto-Italic pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European puǵnos — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.
expugner (English): One who expugns
Definitions
- One who expugns
Ancestry of “expugner”, step by step
expugner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expugn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expugn | To take by storm; capture |
| 2 | French | expugner | — |
| 3 | Latin | expugnare | present active infinitive of expugnō;... |
| 4 | Latin | expugno | I capture, take by storm, conquer; I storm,... |
| 5 | Latin | pugnō | to fight, combat, battle, engage |
| 6 | Latin | pūgnus | a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pugnos | fist |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puǵnos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |