Where does “taco-bender” come from?
taco-bender (English) comes from English taco, from Spanish taco, from Italian tacco, from Italian taccone, from Italian tacca, from Frankish takkō, from Proto-Germanic takkô, from Proto-Indo-European deǵ- — to rip, tear.
taco-bender (English): A Mexican
Definitions
- A Mexican
Ancestry of “taco-bender”, step by step
taco-bender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taco | A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa |
| 2 | Spanish | taco | taco; peg; dowel |
| 3 | Italian | tacco | heel; chock; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | taccone | patch; botch; hobnail |
| 5 | Italian | tacca | notch, nick; third-person singular present... |
| 6 | Frankish | takkō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | takkô | spike, thorn, prickle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deǵ- | to rip, tear |
via English Bender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bender | One who, or that which, bends |
| 2 | English | bend | To cause to change its shape into a curve, by... |
| 3 | Middle English | benden | — |
| 4 | Old English | bendan | to bind; to bend a bow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bandijan | to bind |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bandijaną | To bind, fetter, restrain; stretch; To bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |