Where does “kidnapper” come from?
kidnapper (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English kidnapper, from English kidnap, from English NAP, from French napper, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
kidnapper (Norwegian Bokmål): a kidnapper; present of kidnappe
Definitions
- a kidnapper; present of kidnappe
Ancestry of “kidnapper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kidnapper | A person who kidnaps someone |
| 2 | English | kidnap | To seize and detain a person unlawfully;... |
| 3 | English | NAP | Acronym of non-aggression principle; Acronym of... |
| 4 | French | napper | to cover |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |