Where does “Blissymbols” come from?
Blissymbols (English) comes from English Bliss, from Middle English bliss, from Old English bliss, from Old English blīds, from Proto-West Germanic blīþisi, from Proto-West Germanic blīþī, from Proto-Germanic blīþiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlī-.
Blissymbols (English): A constructed language with only a written form, using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War
Definitions
- A constructed language with only a written form, using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War
Ancestry of “Blissymbols”, step by step
Blissymbols traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Bliss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bliss | originating as a nickname |
| 2 | Middle English | bliss | — |
| 3 | Old English | bliss | joy |
| 4 | Old English | blīds | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blīþisi | happiness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | blīþī | happy |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | blīþiz | serene, mild; pleasant, pleasing, delightful,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlī- | light, pleasant, fine; light, fine, pleasant |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English symbols
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | symbols | plural of symbol; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | symbol | A character or glyph representing an idea,... |
| 3 | French | symbole | symbol |
| 4 | Latin | symbolum | symbol, token; creed |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύμβολον | a sign or token by which one infers a thing; a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σῠμβάλλω | I throw together, dash together, compare,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βάλλω | I throw, cast, hurl; I let fall; I strike, touch |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *gʷəlnō | — |