Where does “plantain-eater” come from?
plantain-eater (English) comes from English eater, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
plantain-eater (English): Any bird in the African genus Crinifer
Definitions
- Any bird in the African genus Crinifer
Ancestry of “plantain-eater”, step by step
plantain-eater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eater | One who eats; An eating apple; One who performs... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English plantain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plantain | A plant of the genus "Plantago", with a rosette... |
| 2 | Middle English | planteyne | A plantain (plant of the genus Plantago) |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | plainteine | — |
| 4 | Old French | plaintain | — |
| 5 | Latin | plantāgō | the plantain, especially the greater plantain |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |