Where does “Engelmacher” come from?
Engelmacher (German) comes from German engel, from Middle High German engel, from Old High German engil, from Proto-West Germanic angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil — angel.
Engelmacher (German): abortionist one who performs an illegal abortion in a non-medical setting
Definitions
- abortionist one who performs an illegal abortion in a non-medical setting
Ancestry of “Engelmacher”, step by step
Engelmacher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German engel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | engel | angel |
| 2 | Middle High German | engel | angel |
| 3 | Old High German | engil | angel |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | angil | angel |
| 5 | Latin | angelus | angel; messenger |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄγγελος | a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly... |
| 7 | Old Norse | engill | angel |
| 8 | Old Saxon | engil | angel |
via German Macher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Macher | agent noun of machen; maker |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |