Where does “skinnyscraper” come from?
skinnyscraper (English) comes from English -scraper, from English skyscraper, from English scraper, from English scrape, from Middle English scrapen, from Old English scrapian, from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną — to engrave.
skinnyscraper (English): An extremely narrow skyscraper; a pencil tower
Definitions
- An extremely narrow skyscraper; a pencil tower
Ancestry of “skinnyscraper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -scraper | Denoting a type of tall [[building#Noun |
| 2 | English | skyscraper | A very tall building with a large number of... |
| 3 | English | scraper | An instrument with which anything is scraped; One... |
| 4 | English | scrape | To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure |
| 5 | Middle English | scrapen | to scrape |
| 6 | Old English | scrapian | to scrape, scratch |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *skrapōn | to scrape |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skrapōną | to scrape, scratch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skreb- | to engrave |