Where does “increment borer” come from?
increment borer (English) comes from English borer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
increment borer (English): A tool with a handle and an auger bit, used to extract a section of tissue from a living tree with relatively minor injury to the plant
Definitions
- A tool with a handle and an auger bit, used to extract a section of tissue from a living tree with relatively minor injury to the plant
Ancestry of “increment borer”, step by step
increment borer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English borer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | borer | A tedious person; A person who bores, who drills;... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English increment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | increment | The action of increasing or becoming greater; The... |
| 2 | Latin | incrementum | growth, development, increase, augmentation;... |
| 3 | Latin | incrēscō | to grow in or upon |
| 4 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |