Where does “minigrinder” come from?
minigrinder (English) comes from English grinder, from Middle English grinder, from Old English grindere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
minigrinder (English): A small grinder
Definitions
- A small grinder
Ancestry of “minigrinder”, step by step
minigrinder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grinder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grinder | One who grinds something, such as the teeth; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | grinder | — |
| 3 | Old English | grindere | one who or that which grinds, especially corn or... |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |