Where does “masterbatch” come from?
masterbatch (English) comes from English batch, from English bachelor, from Middle English bacheler, from Old French bacheler, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
masterbatch (English): A solid product in which pigments or additives...
Definitions
- A solid product in which pigments or additives...
Ancestry of “masterbatch”, step by step
masterbatch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English batch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | batch | The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked... |
| 2 | English | bachelor | A person, especially a man, who is socially... |
| 3 | Middle English | bacheler | young man |
| 4 | Old French | bacheler | young man |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureus | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English Master
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 2 | English | Mast | — |
| 3 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 4 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |