Where does “ratstripper” come from?
ratstripper (English) comes from English stripper, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
ratstripper (English): An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi
Definitions
- An ornamental evergreen groundcover or low shrub native to the Appalachian mountains of the Eastern US, Paxistima canbyi
Ancestry of “ratstripper”, step by step
ratstripper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stripper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stripper | Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |