Where does “sabotager” come from?
sabotager (English) comes from English sabotage, from French sabotage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
sabotager (English): One who sabotages
Definitions
- One who sabotages
Ancestry of “sabotager”, step by step
sabotager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sabotage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sabotage | A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy... |
| 2 | French | sabotage | sabotage |
| 3 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 5 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -āticum | — |
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 |