Where does “piratebush” come from?
piratebush (English) comes from English pirate, from English piratically, from English -ly, from English grisly, from Middle English grisely, from Old English grisliċ, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.
piratebush (English): A hemiparasitic shrub of the genus Buckleya in the sandalwood family
Definitions
- A hemiparasitic shrub of the genus Buckleya in the sandalwood family
Ancestry of “piratebush”, step by step
piratebush traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pirate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pirate | A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly... |
| 2 | English | piratically | In a piratical manner |
| 3 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 4 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 5 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 6 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 7 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
via English Bush
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bush | A place name |
| 2 | Middle English | bush | grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of... |
| 3 | Old English | busċ | — |
| 4 | Latin | bosca | firewood |
| 5 | Late Latin | busca | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | busk | bush, thicket |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | buskaz | bush; thicket |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |