Where does “cremascles” come from?
cremascles (Old Catalan) comes from Vulgar Latin *cremastulum, from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Ancestry of “cremascles”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *cremastulum | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κρεμαστήρ | cremaster; stalk by which a grape-cluster hangs |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τήρ | Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |