Where does “cremallera” come from?
cremallera (Spanish) comes from French crémaillère, from Latin cramaculus, from Latin cremasculus, from English cremaster, from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
cremallera (Spanish): zip it, shush; zip fastener; zipper; rack
Definitions
- zip it, shush; zip fastener; zipper; rack
Ancestry of “cremallera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | crémaillère | trammel; rack, rack-and-pinion; crémaillère |
| 2 | Latin | cramaculus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cremasculus | — |
| 4 | English | cremaster | A thin muscle attached to the testicles; In the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρεμαστήρ | cremaster; stalk by which a grape-cluster hangs |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τήρ | Added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |