Where does “menagerist” come from?
menagerist (English) comes from English menagerie, from French ménagerie, from French ménager, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
menagerist (English): The keeper of a menagerie of animals
Definitions
- The keeper of a menagerie of animals
Ancestry of “menagerist”, step by step
menagerist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English menagerie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | menagerie | A collection of live wild animals on exhibition;... |
| 2 | French | ménagerie | menagerie |
| 3 | French | ménager | household; cleaning; househusband; to husband, to... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |