Where does “électrocuter” come from?
électrocuter (French) comes from English electrocute, from English execute, from Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
électrocuter (French): to electrocute
Definitions
- to electrocute
Ancestry of “électrocuter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electrocute | To kill by electric shock; To execute by electric... |
| 2 | English | execute | To kill as punishment for capital crimes; To... |
| 3 | Old French | executer | — |
| 4 | Latin | exsecutus | accompanied; pursued; executed, accomplished;... |
| 5 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |