Where does “geekdar” come from?
geekdar (English) comes from English dar, from Arabic دار, from Arabic دَرَّ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
geekdar (English): The ability to detect whether or not a person is...
Definitions
- The ability to detect whether or not a person is...
Ancestry of “geekdar”, step by step
geekdar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | dar | A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace;... |
| 2 | Arabic | دار | flowing copiously; productive, rich, lucrative;... |
| 3 | Arabic | دَرَّ | to flow copiously, to accrue |
| 4 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 5 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |
via English geek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | geek | A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and... |
| 2 | English | geck | scorn; derision; contempt; Fool; idiot; imbecile;... |
| 3 | Dutch | gek | crazy, mad; ludicrous, farcical; silly, playful |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | geck | madman |