Etymology

tase

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Today it means: to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject Full definition →

English taserbf. ← Middle English riflen ← Old French rifler
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  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ksweybʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kswéybʰ-e-ti
  10. Proto-Germanic*swībaną
  11. Old Englishswīfan
  12. Old Englishswift
  13. Middle Englishswift
  14. Englishswift
  15. EnglishSwift
  16. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  17. Latinēlectrum
  18. New Latinēlectricus
  19. Englishelectric
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₁reyp-
  21. Proto-Germanic*rīfaną
  22. Proto-Germanic*rīfilōną
  23. Proto-West Germanic*rīfilōn
  24. Frankish*rīffilōn
  25. Old Frenchrifler
  26. Middle Englishriflen
  27. Englishrifle
  28. EnglishTSER
  29. EnglishTaser
  30. Englishtaserbf.
  31. English todaytase

Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er.

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