Where does “whip-belly vengeance” come from?
whip-belly vengeance (English) comes from English vengeance, from Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, from Old French vengier, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
whip-belly vengeance (English): Poor-quality beer
Definitions
- Poor-quality beer
Ancestry of “whip-belly vengeance”, step by step
whip-belly vengeance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vengeance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vengeance | Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | vengeaunce | Alternative form of venjance |
| 3 | Old French | vengeance | Alternative form of venjance |
| 4 | Old French | vengier | to avenge, to take revenge |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English whip-belly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | whip-belly | Poor quality (weak or sour) beer |
| 2 | English | belly | The abdomen, especially a fat one; The stomach;... |
| 3 | Middle English | bely | belly |
| 4 | Old English | bielġ | bag |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *balgi | leather bag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | balgiz | bag |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |