Random Etymology Free of Charge

[real-language-facts]

felt a shift in my great vowel

i am hiring a witch to realign your vowels as we speak

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'vowel'

PIE *wekʷ- (to speak) > *wṓkʷs (voice) > Proto-Italic *wōks > Latin vōx > vōcālis (vowel (semantic loan of Ancient Greek φωνῆεν)) > Old French voyeul > vouel > Middle English vowel > English vowel

Cognates: erwähnen (German, to mention), գոչյուն (gočʻyun, Armenian, yell/cry), *wihtiz (Proto-Gemanic, essence/creature)

[profhopps]

Feeling board. Might kill and eat moot.

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'moot'

PIE *meyth₂- (to change, send, exchange) > Latin mūtō (to move, change, exchange) > mutuus (borrowed, mutual) > Old French mutuel (mutual) > English mutual > moot

Fun Cognates: mutate, meiden (German, to shun/avoid), meiða (Icelandic, to harm/wound),

[shrimpin-aint-easy]

Can you please just have an ounce of shrimpathy?

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'shrimp'

Proto-Germanic *skrimbaną (to shrink/contract) > (with influence from *skrumpōną (iterative form)) *skrimpaną > Middle Low German schrempen (to wrinkle) > Middle English schrimpe (shrimp, weakling)

Note that this etymology is incomplete and contains many flaws.

[crazysodomite]

he has a red phone. fascinating.

and he pronounces quinoa correctly. so intelligent. and fuckable too. that was completely inappropriate.

[profhopps]

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'fuckable'

PIE *pewǵ- (to strike/stab) → Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (to strike/copulate) → Old English *fuccian (by this pount the sexual meaning is primary) → Middle English *fukken → English fuck

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PIE *-dʰlom (forms nouns denoting a tool) → *-dʰli- (i-stem from) → Proto-Italic *-ðlis (capacity or worth of being acted upon)→ Latin -bilis + -i- or -a- based on stem → -ābilis/-ibilis (-able) → Old French -able → Middle English -able → English -able

[profhopps]

Oh nyooooo! I'm just a medic girly! I'm not supposed to be out in the open like this!~ >_< *gets sniped cutely*

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'medic'

PIE *med- (to measure, give advice, heal) > Proto-Italic *medēōr (to heal) > Latin medeor + -icus (pertaining to) > medicus (healing, pertaining to healing) > Late Latin medica (a medic girly, midwife) > English medic

Cognates: միտ (Old Armenian, 'mit', mind/intellect), 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃 (Gothic, measure), μέδομαι (Ancient Greek, médomai, be midful of/provide for), Maut (German, toll), Andromeda, Medusa, maim (Tocharian B, thinking/thought), mode

[hileynoteson]

i summon thee, gimmick blogs, to bring me the fruits of your gimmick. failure to do so will result in death.

[adding-girls-to-posts]

i summon thee, gimmickgirl blogs, to bring me the fruits of your gimmickgirl. failure to do so will result in death.

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'summon'

PIE *men- (to think) > *monéyeti (to cause thinking) > Proto-Italic *moneō (to remind, to warn) > Latin moneō (to remind, warn, predict, recommend, punish) > monēre (present infinitive of moneō) + sub (under) > submonēre > summonēre (to hind, remind) > Ango-Norman somoundre (summon, beckon) > English summon

[cookiethebirddoll]

conventionally attractive eyesocket

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'eyesocket'

PIE *h₃ekʷ- (eye, to see) > Proto-Germanic *augô (eye) > Proto-West Germanic *augā > Old English ēage > Middle English eye/yë/eyghe > eye

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PIE *súH-s (pig) > Proto-Celtic *sukkos (pig, pig snout, ploughshare) > Vulgar Latin *soccus > Old French soc (ploughshare) > Anglo-Norman soket (spearhead, ploughshare) > Middle English soket/socket > socket

= eyesocket/eye socket

[daria-argento]

Will the owner of the green amoeba please come to the parking lot? Your amoeba is being towed 🦠

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'amoeba'

PIE h₂meygʷ- (to change, exchange, wander) > *h₂méygʷ-e-ti > Proto-Hellenic *améigʷō > Ancient Greek ἀμείβω (ameíbō, to exchange/alternate) > ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, change, requital, recompense) > English amoeba

[seven-predatory-lesbians-deacti]

BEDTIME IN BIO OR BLOCKED

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'bedtime'

Proto-Germanic *badją (bed, plot of ground) > Proto-West Germanic *badi (flowerbed, plot of ground, bed) > Old English bedd (bed) > English bed

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PIE *deh₂y- (to divide/share) > *déh₂i-mō / dh₂i-m̥n-és > Proto-Germanic *tīmô (time) > Proto-West Germanic *tīmō > Old English tīma/tȳma/tīema (time, hour, age/era, hour) > Middle English time/tyme > English time

= bedtime

*badją is of uncertain origin possibly from PIE *bʰedʰh₂- (to dig, burrow, pierce, stab) or *bʰeh₁- (to warm)

Cognates of bed using *bʰedʰh₂-: bōś/bōść (to gore/ram, Silesian), bêr (shovel, Kurmanji) Bodb (goddess of death in war, a name, Middle Irish), beaducræft (warcraft, Old English), beadhook (a kind of boat hook), arkatobezom (silver mine, Celtiberian), bief (a reach of water, French)

Cognates of time: δαίς (daís, feast/banquet, Ancient Greek), ditë (day, Albanian), tide, zielen (to aim, German), demon

[gumi-megpoidd]

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'suggestion'

PIE *(s)upó (up/from below) > Proto-Italic *supo- (under) > Latin sub (under/beneath)

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PIE *h₂eǵ- (to drive) > Post-PIE *h₂ǵ-es- > Proto-Italic *gezō (to carry/bear) > Latin gerō

= suggerō (to carry out, provide, supply, suggest, advise) > suggestiō (addition, suggestion, hint) > Anglo-Norman suggestioun/sugestiun (suggestion) > English suggestion

[girlballs]

aborted horse: imagine how hard i could kick you in the head, if you hadn't aborted me...

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'aborted'

PIE *h₂epó (off/away) > Proto-Italic *ap > Latin ab (from, away)

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PIE *h₃er- (to stir/rise) > Proto-Italic *orjōr (rise/get up) > Latin orior

= aborior (miscarry) > abortus (premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion) > English abort + ed

Fun cognates: orçar (to calculate/budget/estimate, Portuguese), oriünd (native, Catalan), orient, origin, ortus (a birth, Latin), ebb, ävja (mud/sludge, Swedish), after, awk

[12u3ie]

I am going to kill [remembers suicide jokes are bad] a healthcare executive [remembers the fbi exists] haha just kidding [remembers that tumblr hates posers] but maybe I’m not [remembers The Alamo] The Alamo

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'Alamo'

PIE *h₁élem (mountian elm) > Proto-Germanic *elmaz (elm) > Vandalic alms > Spanish álamo (white poplar/cottonwood) > English Alamo

[profhopps]

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'carpet'

Middle Armenian կարպետ (karpet, carpet/rug) > Medieval Latin carpita or Italian carpita > Old French carpite > Middle English carpette > carpet

[cottoncandylesbo]

what the fuck

[violently-puppy-deactivated2026]

ohhhh you elfsturbating 😧😲

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'elfsturbating'

PIE *albʰós (white) > Proto-Germanic *albiz (elf) > Proto-West Germanic *albi > Old English ielf/ælf > elf + -sturbating (see etymology below) > elfsturbating

Latin masturbor (masturbate, debated etymology see below) +‎ -tiō (nominalizer) > masturbātiō (masturbation) > French masturbation > masturbation > masturbating > -sturbating

Possible etymologies for 'masturbor':

manus (hand) + turbāre (to unsettle) > masturbor

manus (hand) + stuprāre (to defile (the self)) > masturbor

PIE *mosgʰos (marrow/brain) > *mostr̥gʰ- > masturbor (Calvert Watson tells us to compare “the symbolic autofellatio of Finn mac Cumaill's gnawing his thumb to the marrow"...apparently, sure I guess, whatever, why not, sounds fun)

Cognates for elf: Elbe (the European river), ऋभु (ṛbhú, artisan/craftsman, Sanksrit), ле́бедь (lébedʹ, swan, Russian), albino, Albania, Alba (Scotland, Scottish Gaelic), Albion, Alps, Albany, 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, cloud, Hittite), Alfred (and therefore Fred)

[retroactivebakeries]

you there. girl. construct a stele

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'stele'

Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, 'upright rock, pillar, column') > English stele

There are competing eymologies for στήλη:

PIE *stel- (to put/place) > *stl̥-n-eh₂ > στήλη

PIE *steh₂- (to stand) > *sth₂-sleh₂ > στήλη

Fun cognates for 1st etymology: stela, locus, luego (then, Spanish), أُسْطُول (ʔusṭūl, fleet/squadron, Arabic), lieu, stout, stultus (foolish, Latin)

Fun cognates for 2nd etymology: stela, stable, stool, status, stour, restore, restaurant, stow, stowage

[etymologyhunter]

I'm indicating, I'm indicating it, I'm indicating the information via a sign

[carlosmarcosapproved]

[etymologyhunter]

Etymology of 'champagne'

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (to bend/curve) > *kh₂ém-po-s > Latin campus (plain/field) > Late Latin campāneus (pertaining to the fields) > campānia (field (from the substantivisation campāneus)) > French Champagne (a region in France) > champagne

+ Bonus: etymology of 'hero'

Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”) > Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”) > Latin hērōs (hero) > hero (displacing Middle English heleð < Old English hæleþ/hæle < Proto-West Germanic *haliþ < Proto-Germanic *haliþaz)