Where does “ink slinger” come from?
ink slinger (English) comes from English ink, from Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Latin encaustus, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος, from Ancient Greek ἐν-, from Ancient Greek ἐν — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
ink slinger (English): A writer, especially of low-quality writing or invective
Definitions
- A writer, especially of low-quality writing or invective
Ancestry of “ink slinger”, step by step
ink slinger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ink
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ink | A pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing... |
| 2 | Middle English | ynke | ink |
| 3 | Old French | enque | ink |
| 4 | Latin | encaustum | the purple-red ink used by the later Roman... |
| 5 | Latin | encaustus | burned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἔγκαυστος | burned in |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English slinger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slinger | Someone who slings or who uses a sling |
| 2 | Middle English | slynger | slinger |
| 3 | Middle English | slynge | A sling; A piece of fabric suspended between... |
| 4 | Middle English | slyngen | To sling, hurl, or toss; To use a weapon to hurl... |
| 5 | Old Norse | slyngja | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slingwaną | to swing, sling; to wind, twist |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | slenk- | to turn; wind; twist; to turn, to twist, to wind;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sel- | dwelling; piece of wood; beam, post, balk, board,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |