Where does “flockowner” come from?
flockowner (English) comes from English owner, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
flockowner (English): Someone who owns a flock of animals
Definitions
- Someone who owns a flock of animals
Ancestry of “flockowner”, step by step
flockowner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English owner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | owner | One who owns something; The captain of a ship |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English flock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flock | A large number of birds, especially those... |
| 2 | Middle English | flok | tuft of wool |
| 3 | Old French | floc | tuft of wool |
| 4 | Late Latin | floccus | tuft of wool; tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |