Where does “woolcomber” come from?
woolcomber (English) comes from English comber, from English comb, from English combination, from Middle English combinacioun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combinatio, from Latin combino, from Latin com- — resin.
woolcomber (English): A person employed to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres
Definitions
- A person employed to comb wool in order to disentangle and straighten out the fibres
Ancestry of “woolcomber”, step by step
woolcomber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English comber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | comber | A person who combs wool, etc; A machine that... |
| 2 | English | comb | A toothed implement for grooming the hair or for... |
| 3 | English | combination | The act of combining, the state of being combined... |
| 4 | Middle English | combinacioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | combination | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | combinatio | A joining, two by two |
| 7 | Latin | combino | I combine, unite |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English Wool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wool | OS grid ref SY8486 |
| 2 | Middle English | wolle | wool coat of sheep, especially when used to make fabric |
| 3 | Old English | wull | wool |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wullu | wool |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wullō | wool |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | wool |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |