Where does “treknobabble” come from?
treknobabble (English) comes from English Trek, from Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trek, from Middle Dutch trec, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
treknobabble (English): A kind of technobabble particular to the "Star...
Definitions
- A kind of technobabble particular to the "Star...
Ancestry of “treknobabble”, step by step
treknobabble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Trek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Trek | Abbreviation of Star Trek |
| 2 | Afrikaans | trek | to haul; to move; to pull |
| 3 | Dutch | trek | appetite; journey, migration; animal migration |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | trec | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English technobabble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technobabble | Technical or scientific language used in fiction... |
| 2 | English | babble | To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | babelen | — |
| 4 | Old English | bæblian | — |
| 5 | Old English | wæflian | to talk or speak foolishly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bablōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | babalōną | to chatter, babble |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰa-bʰa- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |