Where does “meme-speak” come from?
meme-speak (English) comes from English meme, from French mémé, from French mamie, from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti — shiny, light brown.
meme-speak (English): Speech or language associated with memes
Definitions
- Speech or language associated with memes
Ancestry of “meme-speak”, step by step
meme-speak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meme | Any unit of cultural information, such as a... |
| 2 | French | mémé | Grandma, granny, nana |
| 3 | French | mamie | granny, grandma |
| 4 | Romanian | mamă | mother |
| 5 | Latin | mamma | a breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug |
| 6 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
via English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |