Where does “improver” come from?
Improver comes from English improve, which derives from Old French en- combined with a root from Latin -arius, ultimately tracing to the Proto-Indo-European verb h₁ésmi meaning "to be."
improver (English): Something that, or someone who, improves...
Definitions
- Something that, or someone who, improves...
Ancestry of “improver”, step by step
improver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English improv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improv | Improvisation |
| 2 | English | improvisation | The act or art of composing and making music,... |
| 3 | French | improvisation | improvisation all meanings |
| 4 | French | -ation | Used to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation |
| 5 | Middle French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 7 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English improve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | improve | To make better; to increase the value or... |
| 2 | Latin | improbo | I disapprove; I blame, condemn, reject;... |
| 3 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 4 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |