Where does “radish ripper” come from?
radish ripper (English) comes from English ripper, from English RIP, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
radish ripper (English): The daikon, particularly when its large roots are...
Definitions
- The daikon, particularly when its large roots are...
Ancestry of “radish ripper”, step by step
radish ripper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ripper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ripper | Something that rips something else; Someone who... |
| 2 | English | RIP | Initialism of requiescat in pace, initialism of... |
| 3 | English | -le | A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating... |
| 4 | Middle English | -el | — |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |