Where does “megaearthquake” come from?
megaearthquake (English) comes from English earthquake, from Middle English erthequake, from Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.
megaearthquake (English): An earthquake of very large magnitude
Definitions
- An earthquake of very large magnitude
Ancestry of “megaearthquake”, step by step
megaearthquake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English earthquake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | earthquake | A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic... |
| 2 | Middle English | erthequake | An earthquake shaking of the ground |
| 3 | Middle English | erthe | Earth; the world; The Earth's people or... |
| 4 | Old English | eorþe | ground; the planet Earth; dirt |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | erþu | earth, world; earth, soil |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | erþō | earth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |