Where does “untruther” come from?
untruther (English) comes from English untruth, from English truth, from Middle English troute, from Old English truht, from Old French truite, from Latin tructa, from Ancient Greek τρώκτης, from Ancient Greek -τής — passed , crossed.
untruther (English): An untruthful person; a liar
Definitions
- An untruthful person; a liar
Ancestry of “untruther”, step by step
untruther traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English untruth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | untruth | A lie or falsehood; The condition of being false;... |
| 2 | English | truth | True facts, genuine depiction or statements of... |
| 3 | Middle English | troute | trout certain fish of the genus |
| 4 | Old English | truht | trout |
| 5 | Old French | truite | — |
| 6 | Latin | tructa | a kind of trout |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τρώκτης | gnawer, nibbler; greedy knave; kind of fish with... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |