Where does “Borat” come from?
Borat (German) comes from Catalan bor, from French bore, from French borax, from English borax, from Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach, from Arabic بَوْرَق.
Borat (German): borate
Definitions
- borate
Ancestry of “Borat”, step by step
Borat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan bor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | bor | boron |
| 2 | French | bore | boron |
| 3 | French | borax | borax |
| 4 | English | borax | A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, with a... |
| 5 | Middle English | boras | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | boreis | — |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | baurach | borax |
| 8 | Arabic | بَوْرَق | — |
| 9 | Persian | بوره | borax; sugar |
| 10 | Middle Persian | bwlk' | — |
via Dutch boraat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boraat | borate oxyanion BO33 |
| 2 | Dutch | boor | drill; boron |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bore | — |
| 4 | Dutch | boren | to drill |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | bōren | to drill |
| 6 | Old Dutch | boron | to drill, bore |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | burōną | to drill, pierce; to bore |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |
via Norwegian Nynorsk åt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | åt | to; towards; of; imperative of åta |
| 2 | Old Norse | át | the act of eating; food; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | at | at, toward, to |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ētą | the act of eating; food |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |