Where does “gerrymander” come from?

gerrymander (English) comes from English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα, from Persian سمندر, from Persian سام, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaHmás — darkness, shadow.

gerrymander (English): To divide a geographic area into voting districts...

Definitions

  1. To divide a geographic area into voting districts...

Ancestry of “gerrymander”, step by step

gerrymander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English salamander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsalamanderA long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of...
2Middle Englishsalamandre
3Old Frenchsalamandresalamander
4Latinsalamandrasalamander
5Ancient Greekσαλαμάνδραfire salamander
6Persianسمندرsalamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature...
7Persianسامfire; flame; swell, swelling
8Proto-Indo-IranianćyaHmásblack
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱyeh₁-mó-sblack, dark
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via English Gerry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGerry
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “gerrymander

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-
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