Where does “nickelback” come from?
nickelback (English) comes from English cornerback, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea, from Latin laurus — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
nickelback (English): A fifth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks and two safeties) who is deployed for additional pass coverage
Definitions
- A fifth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks and two safeties) who is deployed for additional pass coverage
Ancestry of “nickelback”, step by step
nickelback traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cornerback
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cornerback | Any of the defensive players who are in position... |
| 2 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 3 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 4 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 7 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 8 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 9 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 10 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 11 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 12 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 13 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English Nickel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Nickel | A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni |
| 2 | Swedish | Nickel | nickel (chemical element) |
| 3 | Swedish | kopparnickel | — |
| 4 | German | kupfernickel | cupronickel |
| 5 | German | kupfer | copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29) |
| 6 | Middle High German | kupfer | — |
| 7 | Old High German | kupfar | copper |
| 8 | Latin | cūprum | copper (the metal) |
| 9 | Latin | cȳprium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 11 | Akkadian | 𒇒𒌓𒀀 | bitumen, pitch |
| 12 | Akkadian | 𒅗𒉺𒊒 | to smear, to daub on; to smear or daub on |