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
scapegoater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scapegoat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | first conjugation |
| 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 |
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 |