Where does “page-turner” come from?
page-turner (English) comes from English Turner, from Middle English turner, from English turner, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
page-turner (English): A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly
Definitions
- A highly interesting or suspenseful written work that one is compelled to read very rapidly
Ancestry of “page-turner”, step by step
page-turner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Turner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turner | A person who has Turner syndrome |
| 2 | Middle English | turner | — |
| 3 | English | turner | One who or that which turns; A person who turns... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English page
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | page | One of the many pieces of paper bound together... |
| 2 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 3 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 4 | Old French | page | page one face of a sheet of paper or similar material |
| 5 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |