Where does “tinkerdom” come from?
tinkerdom (English) comes from English DOM, from English dominance, from English -ance, from Middle English -aunce, from Old French -ance, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
tinkerdom (English): The realm of sphere of tinkers
Definitions
- The realm of sphere of tinkers
Ancestry of “tinkerdom”, step by step
tinkerdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English tinker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tinker | An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household... |
| 2 | Middle English | tynkere | tinker itinerant repairer of metal kitchenware |
| 3 | Old English | tincere | a worker of tin |
| 4 | Old English | tin | tin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tin | tin metal |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |