Where does “privateersman” come from?
privateersman (English) comes from English privateer, from English private, from Latin prīvātus, from Latin prīvō, from French ferriprive, from Latin ferrum, from Cornish -er, from English -er — he, she.
privateersman (English): The captain or member of the crew of a privateer
Definitions
- The captain or member of the crew of a privateer
Ancestry of “privateersman”, step by step
privateersman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English privateer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | privateer | A privately owned warship that had official... |
| 2 | English | private | Belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to... |
| 3 | Latin | prīvātus | bereaved, deprived, robbed or stripped of something, having been deprived of something |
| 4 | Latin | prīvō | to bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something |
| 5 | French | ferriprive | Suffering from a deficiency of iron |
| 6 | Latin | ferrum | iron; any tool made of iron; fight, clash |
| 7 | Cornish | -er | Forms masculine agent nouns |
| 8 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 9 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 10 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 11 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 16 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English MAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 2 | English | manual | A handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage... |
| 3 | Middle English | manuel | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | manuel | manual; done with the hands; handle; manual;... |
| 5 | Old French | manual | — |
| 6 | Latin | manuālis | hand |
| 7 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |