Where does “strawbreaker” come from?
strawbreaker (English) comes from English breaker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
strawbreaker (English): The fungal disease "eyespot" of cereals
Definitions
- The fungal disease "eyespot" of cereals
Ancestry of “strawbreaker”, step by step
strawbreaker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breaker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breaker | Something that breaks; A machine for breaking... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English straw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | straw | A dried stalk of a cereal plant; Such dried... |
| 2 | Middle English | straw | The remaining plant material after cultivation;... |
| 3 | Old English | strēaw | straw |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strau | straw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strawą | straw |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |