Etymology

scambaiter

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Today it means: One who engages in scambaiting. Full definition →

English scambait ← Middle English bayte ← Old Norse beita
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The story

  1. Englishscam
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéydt
  4. Proto-Germanic*bītaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*baitijaną
  6. Old Norsebeita
  7. Middle Englishbayte
  8. Englishbait
  9. Englishscambait
  10. English todayscambaiter

From scambait + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.