Where does “Blobbygate” come from?
Blobbygate (English) comes from English gate, from Middle English gate, from Old English ġeat, from Old French gaut, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
Blobbygate (English): A UK scandal of the 1990s in which a theme park based around the comical TV character Mr Blobby led to large monetary losses and was found to have been inadequately planned and researched before construction
Definitions
- A UK scandal of the 1990s in which a theme park based around the comical TV character Mr Blobby led to large monetary losses and was found to have been inadequately planned and researched before construction
Ancestry of “Blobbygate”, step by step
Blobbygate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
via English blobby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blobby | Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous in... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |