Where does “moonlighter” come from?
moonlighter (English) comes from English moonlight, from Middle English moonelight, from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
moonlighter (English): A person who moonlights, or works a second job on...
Definitions
- A person who moonlights, or works a second job on...
Ancestry of “moonlighter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | moonlight | The light reflected from the Moon; To work on the... |
| 2 | Middle English | moonelight | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Mone | — |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |