Where does “blasiert” come from?
blasiert (German) comes from French blasé, from French blaser, from English blazer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
blasiert (German): smug; supercilious; complacent; nonchalant
Definitions
- smug; supercilious; complacent; nonchalant
Ancestry of “blasiert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | blasé | blasé, jaded |
| 2 | French | blaser | to blunt, dull |
| 3 | English | blazer | A semi-formal jacket; A person or thing that... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |