Where does “pinchier” come from?
pinchier (English) comes from English pinchy, from English pinch, from Middle English pinchen, from Old French pincer, from Vulgar Latin pincio, from Latin punctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pinchier (English): comparative form of pinchy: more pinchy
Definitions
- comparative form of pinchy: more pinchy
Ancestry of “pinchier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pinchy | slightly painful, akin to being pinched; prone or... |
| 2 | English | pinch | To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and... |
| 3 | Middle English | pinchen | — |
| 4 | Old French | pincer | to pinch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | pincio | to puncture, pinch; I puncture, prick, pierce,... |
| 6 | Latin | punctiō | puncture, pricking |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |