Where does “victim-blamey” come from?
victim-blamey (English) comes from English victim-blame, from English blame, from Middle English blame, from Old French blame, from Old French blasmer, from Latin blastēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω, from Ancient Greek βλάσφημος.
victim-blamey (English): Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of...
Definitions
- Engaging in, promoting, or characteristic of...
Ancestry of “victim-blamey”, step by step
victim-blamey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English victim-blame
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | victim-blame | To subject to victim-blaming; to blame and hold... |
| 2 | English | blame | Censure; Culpability for something negative or... |
| 3 | Middle English | blame | criticism, condemnation; accusation; blame,... |
| 4 | Old French | blame | — |
| 5 | Old French | blasmer | to blame |
| 6 | Latin | blastēmāre | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βλασφημέω | I speak profanely of sacred things, blaspheme; I... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βλάσφημος | uttering ill-omened words; jinx; reviling,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φήμη | prophetic voice, oracle; rumor; reputation |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰā́mā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-meh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |