Where does “κρακεράκι” come from?
κρακεράκι (Greek) comes from Greek κράκερ, from English cracker, from English craker, from English crocker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
κρακεράκι (Greek): small cracker
Definitions
- small cracker
Ancestry of “κρακεράκι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | κράκερ | cracker (food item) |
| 2 | English | cracker | A dry, thin, crispy baked bread; A short piece of... |
| 3 | English | craker | One who boasts; a braggart |
| 4 | English | crocker | a potter |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |