Where does “shredder” come from?
I appreciate the task, but I notice a significant problem with the provided chain that prevents me from writing an accurate etymology sentence. The chain given (shredder → 兒 → -er → -are → -arius → sek- → (s)ker-) doesn't form a coherent etymological path. Specifically: 1. **Chinese 兒 to Old French -er**: There's no plausible connection between a Chinese morpheme and Romance language suffixes 2. **The chain mixes roots and suffixes inconsistently**: It jumps from what appears to be a nominal form (兒) to verbal/agent suffixes (-er, -are, -arius) 3. **"shred" to "shredder"**: Standard etymology would trace "shred" (the base word) before the agentive "-er" suffix, but "shred" itself isn't explained in this
shredder (English): A machine that tears up objects into smaller...
Definitions
- A machine that tears up objects into smaller...
Ancestry of “shredder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 2 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 3 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |