Where does “calomniateur” come from?
calomniateur (French) comes from Latin calumniator, from Latin calumnior, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic kalwomniā, from Proto-Italic kalwomnos — deceiving, accusing.
calomniateur (French): slanderer; libeler
Definitions
- slanderer; libeler
Ancestry of “calomniateur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | calumniator | pettifogger; chicaner; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | calumnior | I depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate,... |
| 3 | Latin | calumnia | A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kalwomniā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kalwomnos | deceiving, accusing |