Where does “scandalizer” come from?
scandalizer (English) comes from English scandalize, from English scantle, from English Le, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus — sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul.
scandalizer (English): One who scandalizes
Definitions
- One who scandalizes
Ancestry of “scandalizer”, step by step
scandalizer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scandalize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scandalize | To cause great offense to; To reproach; To... |
| 2 | English | scantle | To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into... |
| 3 | English | Le | the |
| 4 | French | lé | breadth, width; strip, length |
| 5 | French | moine | monk |
| 6 | Middle French | moine | monk |
| 7 | Old French | monie | monk |
| 8 | Latin | monicus | sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul |
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 |