Where does “feminiser” come from?

feminiser (English) comes from French féminin, from Latin fēminīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

feminiser (English): Alternative spelling of feminizer

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of feminizer

Ancestry of “feminiser”, step by step

feminiser traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French féminin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfémininfeminine; female
2Latinfēminīnusfeminine
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via English feminise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfeminiseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of...

Words derived from “feminiser

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -īnusEvery word from Latin fēminīnus