Where does “spur-throated grasshopper” come from?
spur-throated grasshopper (English) comes from English grasshopper, from Middle English gressehopper, from Middle English grashope, from Old English græshoppa, from Old English hoppa, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
spur-throated grasshopper (English): Any grasshopper of two Acrididae subfamilies
Definitions
- Any grasshopper of two Acrididae subfamilies
Ancestry of “spur-throated grasshopper”, step by step
spur-throated grasshopper traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English grasshopper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grasshopper | A mostly herbivorous insect of the order... |
| 2 | Middle English | gressehopper | grasshopper, cicada; Something else which leaps... |
| 3 | Middle English | grashope | grasshopper, cicada; locust |
| 4 | Old English | græshoppa | grasshopper, locust |
| 5 | Old English | hoppa | one who hops, hopper; hopper |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English throated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | throated | Having, or using the specified form of throat;... |
| 2 | English | throat | The front part of the neck; The gullet or... |
| 3 | Middle English | throte | throat |
| 4 | Old English | þrote | throat |
| 5 | Old English | þrota | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrutǭ | swell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via English Spur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spur | someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | spure | Alternative form of spore; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | spora | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spurō | spur |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spurô | spur |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sper- | to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to... |