Where does “scapegoater” come from?
scapegoater (English) comes from English scapegoat, from English scape, from Middle English scapen, from Middle English escapen, from Old French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
scapegoater (English): A person who makes a scapegoat of another person
Definitions
- A person who makes a scapegoat of another person
Ancestry of “scapegoater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scapegoat | In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat... |
| 2 | English | scape | A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root;... |
| 3 | Middle English | scapen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 5 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |