Etymology

tindersome

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Today it means: Having the characteristics of tinder; (by extension) igniting easily. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English tinder
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The story

  1. Englishtinder
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. English todaytindersome

From tinder + -some.

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