Where does “splurchase” come from?
splurchase (English) comes from English splurge, from English surge, from Middle English surgen, from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir, from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, from Latin subrigo — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
splurchase (English): A spur-of-the-moment purchase
Definitions
- A spur-of-the-moment purchase
Ancestry of “splurchase”, step by step
splurchase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English splurge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | splurge | To gush; to flow or move in a rush; To spend... |
| 2 | English | surge | A sudden transient rush, flood or increase; The... |
| 3 | Middle English | surgen | — |
| 4 | Middle French | sourgir | — |
| 5 | Old French | surgir | to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land |
| 6 | Old Catalan | surgir | — |
| 7 | Latin | surgō | to rise; to arise; to rise from bed; to get up; to stand up |
| 8 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 9 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via English purchase
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | purchase | The acquisition of title to, or property in,... |
| 2 | Middle English | purchasen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | purchacer | seek to obtain; Alternative form of porchacier;... |
| 4 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 5 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |