Where does “dumpstring” come from?
dumpstring (Swedish) comes from Swedish dumpstra, from English dumpster, from English Dempster, from English deemster, from Middle English demester, from English deem, from Middle English dẹ̄men, from Old English dēman — to do, put, place.
dumpstring (Swedish): dumpster diving the act of recovering food or discarded items
Definitions
- dumpster diving the act of recovering food or discarded items
Ancestry of “dumpstring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dumpstra | dumpster dive to recover food or other discarded items |
| 2 | English | dumpster | A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed... |
| 3 | English | Dempster | for a judge |
| 4 | English | deemster | A judge; one who pronounces sentence or doom; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | demester | — |
| 6 | English | deem | To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to... |
| 7 | Middle English | dẹ̄men | — |
| 8 | Old English | dēman | to judge; to decide, decree, deem, determine,... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | dōmijan | to judge, to deem |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | dōmijaną | to judge |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |