Where does “unmasker” come from?
unmasker (English) comes from English unmask, from English mask, from Middle French masque, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
unmasker (English): One who unmasks
Definitions
- One who unmasks
Ancestry of “unmasker”, step by step
unmasker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unmask
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unmask | To remove a mask from someone; To expose, or... |
| 2 | English | mask | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for... |
| 3 | Middle French | masque | mask |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |