Where does “κομπιναδόρος” come from?
κομπιναδόρος (Greek) comes from Greek κομπίνα, from French combine, from French combinaison, from French combiner, from Middle French combiner, from Latin combīnō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
κομπιναδόρος (Greek): fraudster, scammer, racketeer, jobber, swindler
Definitions
- fraudster, scammer, racketeer, jobber, swindler
Ancestry of “κομπιναδόρος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | κομπίνα | scam, racket, racketeering, jobbery, wrangle |
| 2 | French | combine | trick, scheme; inflection of combiner:
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| 3 | French | combinaison | combination, combining; combination; slip;... |
| 4 | French | combiner | to combine |
| 5 | Middle French | combiner | to combine |
| 6 | Latin | combīnō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |