Where does “kremayer” come from?
kremayer (Turkish) 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...
kremayer (Turkish): rack (a bar with teeth on its face or edge)
Definitions
- rack (a bar with teeth on its face or edge)
Ancestry of “kremayer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |