Where does “fidget spinner” come from?
fidget spinner (English) comes from English spinner, from Middle English spynnere, from Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
fidget spinner (English): A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended...
Definitions
- A type of stress-relieving toy that is intended...
Ancestry of “fidget spinner”, step by step
fidget spinner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English spinner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spinner | Agent noun of spin; someone or something who... |
| 2 | Middle English | spynnere | A spinner; a person normally a woman who spins fibre as a job |
| 3 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via English fidget
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fidget | To wiggle or twitch; to move around nervously or... |
| 2 | English | fidge | To fidget; jostle or shake; A shake; fiddle or... |
| 3 | Middle English | fiken | to feign, dissemble, flatter; to jitter; move... |
| 4 | Old Norse | fíkjast | Be eager or restless |
| 5 | Old Norse | fíka | to climb, move |
| 6 | Latin | ficus | fig tree; fig; hemorrhoids |
| 7 | Phoenician | ?? | Ripe fig |