Where does “fumblefingers” come from?
fumblefingers (English) comes from English fumble, from English fool, from French fouler, from Middle French fouller, from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
fumblefingers (English): A clumsy person; a butterfingers
Definitions
- A clumsy person; a butterfingers
Ancestry of “fumblefingers”, step by step
fumblefingers traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fumble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fumble | To handle nervously or awkwardly; To grope... |
| 2 | English | fool | A person with poor judgment or little... |
| 3 | French | fouler | to stamp, impress, dent; to mill; to walk on,... |
| 4 | Middle French | fouller | to mistreat |
| 5 | Old French | foler | to destroy; to mistreat |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 7 | Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English fingers
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fingers | plural of finger; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 3 | German | Finger | finger |
| 4 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 5 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |