Where does “rattlebones” come from?
rattlebones (English) comes from English bones, from English bone, from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ — henbane.
rattlebones (English): A tottering person or thing
Definitions
- A tottering person or thing
Ancestry of “rattlebones”, step by step
rattlebones traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bones
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bones | plural of bone; A percussive folk musical... |
| 2 | English | bone | A composite material consisting largely of... |
| 3 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 4 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 5 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 8 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |