Where does “spoon excavator” come from?
spoon excavator (English) comes from English excavator, from English excavate, from Latin excavātus, from Latin excavō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
spoon excavator (English): A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft...
Definitions
- A curette with hooklike ends used to remove soft...
Ancestry of “spoon excavator”, step by step
spoon excavator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English excavator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | excavator | A person who excavates; A curette used to scrape... |
| 2 | English | excavate | To make a hole in (something); to hollow |
| 3 | Latin | excavātus | excavated |
| 4 | Latin | excavō | to hollow out, excavate |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English spoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spoon | An implement for eating or serving; a scooped... |
| 2 | Middle English | spoon | Alternative form of spone |
| 3 | Old English | spōn | piece of wood, chip; sliver, chip of wood,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spanu | piece of wood, chip, shaving |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spenô | nipple |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | psten-os- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pstḗn | breast, teat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₂ǵ-sth₂-ḗn | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |