Where does “gravatar” come from?
gravatar (English) comes from English globally, from English global, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.
gravatar (English): An image that registered users can use...
Definitions
- An image that registered users can use...
Ancestry of “gravatar”, step by step
gravatar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English globally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | globally | In all places or situations; Over the entire... |
| 2 | English | global | Concerning all parts of the world; Pertaining to... |
| 3 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 4 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 5 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 6 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 7 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 8 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 9 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 10 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English avatar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avatar | the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu;... |
| 2 | Hindi | अवतार | an incarnation; incarnation of a deity, descent... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अवतार | avatar: descent (especially of a deity from heaven), appearance of any deity upon earth (but more particularly the incarnations of Vishnu in ten principal forms, namely Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rāma, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki) |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अव | off, away; down; this |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háwa | away from, off; down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via English recognized
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recognized | Notable; distinguished; honored; simple past... |