Where does “quackademic” come from?
quackademic (English) comes from English quack, from English quacksalver, from Dutch quacksalver, from Middle Dutch quacsalven, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō — fat, oil.
quackademic (English): pseudoscientific but within the academic...
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- pseudoscientific but within the academic...
Ancestry of “quackademic”, step by step
quackademic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quack | The sound made by a duck; To make a noise like a... |
| 2 | English | quacksalver | One falsely claiming to possess medical or other... |
| 3 | Dutch | quacksalver | a hawker of salve |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | quacsalven | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | salve | ointment, salve |
| 6 | Old Dutch | salva | salve, ointment |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |
via English academic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | academic | Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato;... |
| 2 | French | académique | academic |
| 3 | Latin | acadēmicus | academic; of or pertaining to the Greek academy and Platonism, as opposed to Stoic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀκαδημικός | relating to the Academy, Academic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἀκαδημία | the location where Plato taught |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |