Where does “meatpuppet” come from?

meatpuppet (English) comes from English puppet, from Middle English popet, from Old French poupette, from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus — few, little; smallness.

meatpuppet (English): One whose sole reason for participating in a...

Definitions

  1. One whose sole reason for participating in a...

Ancestry of “meatpuppet”, step by step

meatpuppet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English puppet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpuppetAny small model of a person or animal able to be...
2Middle EnglishpopetA small or young person
3Old Frenchpoupette
4Frenchpoupéedoll
5Middle Frenchpoupéedoll, toy
6Old Frenchpoupée
7Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
8Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via English meat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeatThe flesh of an animal used as food; A type of...
2Middle EnglishmeteFood, nourishment or comestibles; that which is...
3Middle Englishbake meteAny kind of cooked food which has a pastry...
4Middle EnglishbakenTo bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of...
5Old Englishbacanto bake
6Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-