Where does “scapegoatish” come from?
scapegoatish (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.
scapegoatish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a scapegoat
Ancestry of “scapegoatish”, step by step
scapegoatish 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |