Where does “upskirter” come from?
upskirter (English) comes from English upskirt, from English up, from Middle English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-West Germanic *upp.
upskirter (English): A person who takes upskirt photographs or video footage
Definitions
- A person who takes upskirt photographs or video footage
Ancestry of “upskirter”, step by step
upskirter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English upskirt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | upskirt | Designating a voyeuristic image of the view up a... |
| 2 | English | up | Away from the surface of the Earth or other... |
| 3 | Middle English | up | to a vertical axis |
| 4 | Old English | upp | up; upstairs |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *upp | — |
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 |