Where does “shebang” come from?
shebang (English) comes from English shebeen, from Irish síbín, from Irish -ín, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.
shebang (English): A lean-to or temporary shelter; A place or...
Definitions
- A lean-to or temporary shelter; A place or...
Ancestry of “shebang”, step by step
shebang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shebeen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shebeen | An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially... |
| 2 | Irish | síbín | illicit whiskey; shebeen |
| 3 | Irish | -ín | Suffix used to form diminutive nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 5 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 6 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 7 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 8 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 9 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English hash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 2 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 3 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 4 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 5 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 7 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |