Where does “flibuster” come from?
flibuster (French) comes from French flibuste, from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
flibuster (French): to buccaneer; to steal; to filch
Definitions
- to buccaneer; to steal; to filch
Ancestry of “flibuster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flibuste | buccaneering, freebooting; buccaneers,... |
| 2 | French | flibustier | A filibuster, a pirate |
| 3 | Dutch | vrijbuiter | A freebooter, particularly a pirate |
| 4 | Dutch | -er | Forms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -āri | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |