Where does “whaleboning” come from?
whaleboning (English) comes from English whalebone, from English Bône, from Middle English bon, from Old English bān, from Arabic بان, from Ottoman Turkish بان, from Ottoman Turkish باڭ, from Persian بنگ — henbane.
whaleboning (English): reinforcement made from whalebone, as in a corset
Definitions
- reinforcement made from whalebone, as in a corset
Ancestry of “whaleboning”, step by step
whaleboning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English whalebone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whalebone | The horny material from the fringed plates of the... |
| 2 | English | Bône | now known as Annaba |
| 3 | Middle English | bon | bone |
| 4 | Old English | bān | bone, tusk; the bone of a limb |
| 5 | Arabic | بان | to separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be... |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | بان | ban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish... |
| 7 | Ottoman Turkish | باڭ | — |
| 8 | Persian | بنگ | hashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭭𐭢 | henbane |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |