Where does “podcatcher” come from?
podcatcher (English) comes from English catcher, from English catch, from Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
podcatcher (English): A podcast client; a device, or software, that can...
Definitions
- A podcast client; a device, or software, that can...
Ancestry of “podcatcher”, step by step
podcatcher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English catcher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | catcher | Someone or something that catches; The player... |
| 2 | English | catch | The act of seizing or capturing; The act of... |
| 3 | Middle English | cacchen | to catch |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 6 | Latin | coactō | to compel, constrain, force |
| 7 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 8 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English podcast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | podcast | An audio programme produced on a regular basis,... |
| 2 | English | iPod | A portable music player made by Apple; Any... |
| 3 | English | i- | Alternative spelling of y-; API; A form of the... |
| 4 | English | intelligent | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity,... |
| 5 | Middle French | intelligent | — |
| 6 | Latin | intelligēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 8 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 9 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |