Where does “wiredrawing” come from?

wiredrawing (English) comes from English wiredraw, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος.

wiredrawing (English): the stretching of words, etc. to suit one's own purposes

Definitions

the stretching of words, etc. to suit one's own purposes

Ancestry of “wiredrawing”, step by step

wiredrawing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wiredraw

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	wiredraw	To stretch out, as though drawing wire; to...
2	English	wire	Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
3	Middle English	wir	—
4	Old English	wīr	wire, metal thread, wire-ornament
5	English	myrtle	An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
6	Old French	myrte	—
7	Latin	myrtus	myrtle
8	Ancient Greek	μύρτος	myrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
9	Ancient Greek	μυρίκη	tamarisk
10	Ancient Greek	-ίκη	—

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;...

Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μυρίκη →Every word from Ancient Greek μύρτος →