Where does “бичевать” come from?
бичевать (Russian) comes from Russian бич, from English beachcomber, from English comber, from English comb, from English combination, from Middle English combinacioun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combinatio — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
бичевать (Russian): to lash, to scourge, to whip, to flagellate
Definitions
- to lash, to scourge, to whip, to flagellate
Ancestry of “бичевать”, step by step
бичевать traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian бич
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бич | whip, scourge; swipple; bum, hobo |
| 2 | English | beachcomber | A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs... |
| 3 | English | comber | A person who combs wool, etc; A machine that... |
| 4 | English | comb | A toothed implement for grooming the hair or for... |
| 5 | English | combination | The act of combining, the state of being combined... |
| 6 | Middle English | combinacioun | — |
| 7 | Old French | combination | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | combinatio | A joining, two by two |
| 9 | Latin | combino | I combine, unite |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |