Where does “ridiculer” come from?
ridiculer (English) comes from English ridicule, from French ridicule, from Latin rīdiculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ridiculer (English): One who ridicules
Definitions
- One who ridicules
Ancestry of “ridiculer”, step by step
ridiculer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ridicule
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ridicule | to criticize or disapprove of someone or... |
| 2 | French | ridicule | ridiculous |
| 3 | Latin | rīdiculus | (good, in the context of humor) laughable, funny, amusing, humorous |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |