Where does “filibusterous” come from?
filibusterous (English) comes from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
filibusterous (English): filibustering
Definitions
- filibustering
Ancestry of “filibusterous”, step by step
filibusterous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English filibuster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filibuster | A mercenary soldier; a freebooter;... |
| 2 | Spanish | filibustero | pirate, plunderer, freebooter |
| 3 | French | flibustier | A filibuster, a pirate |
| 4 | Dutch | vrijbuiter | A freebooter, particularly a pirate |
| 5 | Dutch | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -āri | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |