Where does “leaper” come from?
leaper (English) comes from Middle English lepere, from Finnish -re, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
leaper (English): One who leaps; A kind of hooked instrument for...
Definitions
- One who leaps; A kind of hooked instrument for...
Ancestry of “leaper”, step by step
leaper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English lepere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lepere | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -re | Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |