Where does “otherpaw” come from?
otherpaw (English) comes from English other, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
otherpaw (English): One who enjoys activities common in the therian community, such as quadrobics, but does not consider themselves a therian
Definitions
- One who enjoys activities common in the therian community, such as quadrobics, but does not consider themselves a therian
Ancestry of “otherpaw”, step by step
otherpaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English other
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | other | See "other" below; Second; Alien |
| 2 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 3 | English | fictionkin | An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |