Where does “sperminator” come from?
sperminator (English) comes from English Terminator, from Latin terminator, from Latin terminō, from Latin Terminus, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
sperminator (English): A device that kills sperm
Definitions
- A device that kills sperm
Ancestry of “sperminator”, step by step
sperminator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Terminator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Terminator | Someone who terminates or ends something, especially (in later use) an assassin or exterminator |
| 2 | Latin | terminator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | terminō | to mark off by boundaries, set bounds to; bound, limit |
| 4 | Latin | Terminus | the deity presiding over boundaries; a personification of the term terminus |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |