Where does “vaper” come from?
vaper (English) comes from English vape, from English vaporize, from English -ize, from Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Latin -izō, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
vaper (English): A user of electronic cigarettes
Definitions
- A user of electronic cigarettes
Ancestry of “vaper”, step by step
vaper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vape | Clipping of vaporizer; To inhale the vapor... |
| 2 | English | vaporize | To turn into vapor |
| 3 | English | -ize | Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives |
| 4 | Middle English | -isen | -ise, -ize |
| 5 | Middle French | -iser | -ize |
| 6 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |