Where does “postshock” come from?
postshock (English) comes from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren — he, she.
postshock (English): Following a shock
Definitions
- Following a shock
Ancestry of “postshock”, step by step
postshock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 2 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 3 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 4 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 5 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 6 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 7 | Russian | -и́ровать | a productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords |
| 8 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 9 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 10 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 11 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 12 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 13 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 18 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 6 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |