Where does “fondleslab” come from?
fondleslab (English) comes from English slab, from English syllable, from Middle English syllable, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή, from Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω — beside, with.
fondleslab (English): A large, portable touchscreen device,...
Definitions
- A large, portable touchscreen device,...
Ancestry of “fondleslab”, step by step
fondleslab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slab | A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid... |
| 2 | English | syllable | A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the... |
| 3 | Middle English | syllable | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | sillable | syllable |
| 5 | Old French | sillebe | — |
| 6 | Latin | syllaba | syllable; poems, verses |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συλλαβή | conception, pregnancy; that which holds together,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | συλλαμβάνω | I collect, gather; I rally; I take hold of,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |
via English fondle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fondle | To touch or stroke lovingly; To grasp |
| 2 | English | -le | A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating... |
| 3 | Middle English | -el | — |
| 4 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |