Where does “usurper” come from?
usurper (French) comes from German usurpieren, from Spanish usurpar, from Portuguese usurpar, from Italian usurpare, from Latin ūsurpō, from Latin ūsus, from Latin ūtor, from Proto-Slavic *ǫtorъ — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
usurper (French): to usurp
Definitions
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Ancestry of “usurper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | usurpieren | to usurp |
| 2 | Spanish | usurpar | to usurp |
| 3 | Portuguese | usurpar | to usurp |
| 4 | Italian | usurpare | to usurp, to take over |
| 5 | Latin | ūsurpō | to use, take into use, make use of, employ, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy; perform, execute |
| 6 | Latin | ūsus | use, employment, exercise, advantage |
| 7 | Latin | ūtor | to use, make use of, employ |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | *ǫtorъ | croze |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | torъ | paddock, pen |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | terti | to rub, to scrape; to polish |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |