Where does “gerrymanderer” come from?
gerrymanderer (English) comes from English gerrymander, from English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα, from Persian سمندر, from Persian سام — darkness, shadow.
gerrymanderer (English): One who gerrymanders
Definitions
- One who gerrymanders
Ancestry of “gerrymanderer”, step by step
gerrymanderer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gerrymander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gerrymander | To divide a geographic area into voting districts... |
| 2 | English | salamander | A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of... |
| 3 | Middle English | salamandre | — |
| 4 | Old French | salamandre | salamander |
| 5 | Latin | salamandra | salamander |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σαλαμάνδρα | fire salamander |
| 7 | Persian | سمندر | salamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature... |
| 8 | Persian | سام | fire; flame; swell, swelling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHmás | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-mó-s | black, dark |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |