Where does “Buffyspeak” come from?
Buffyspeak (English) comes from English Buffy, from English Elizabeth, from Middle English Elizabeth, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ, from Hebrew אלישבע, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Buffyspeak (English): The invented slang used by characters on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Definitions
- The invented slang used by characters on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ancestry of “Buffyspeak”, step by step
Buffyspeak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Buffy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Buffy | Of a buff color |
| 2 | English | Elizabeth | popular since the 16th century |
| 3 | Middle English | Elizabeth | Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist |
| 5 | Hebrew | אלישבע | my God is an oath; the Lord is her oath |
| 6 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 7 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 8 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
via English speak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |