Where does “scoop driver” come from?

scoop driver (English) comes from English scoop, from Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch scoep, from Proto-Germanic skuppǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

scoop driver (English): One who operates the scoop that stokes a coal-based generator

Definitions

  1. One who operates the scoop that stokes a coal-based generator

Ancestry of “scoop driver”, step by step

scoop driver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scoop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscoopAny cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a...
2Middle Englishscopescoop
3Middle Dutchscoep—
4Proto-Germanicskuppǭ—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

via English driver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdriverOne who drives something, in any sense of the...
2Middle Englishdrivere—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- →