Where does “binette” come from?
binette (French) comes from English Binet, from French robinet, from French Robin, from Old French Robert, from Frankish berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂- — army.
binette (French): hoe; face; emoticon
Definitions
- hoe; face; emoticon
Ancestry of “binette”, step by step
binette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Binet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Binet | — |
| 2 | French | robinet | tap UK, faucet US |
| 3 | French | Robin | sheep, calf |
| 4 | Old French | Robert | a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing |
| 5 | Frankish | berht | bright |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via French biner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | biner | to hoe; to binate, celebrate mass twice in one... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | bīnō | — |
| 3 | Latin | bīnī | — |
| 4 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |