Where does “Caddy” come from?
Caddy derives from English Cadillac, a proper noun, through Middle English -y and Middle French -ie suffixes ultimately tracing to Latin -ia, -ivus, and -kos endings in Proto-Indo-European.
Caddy (English): A Cadillac car
Ancestry of “Caddy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | caddie | A golfer's assistant and adviser; Alternative... |
| 2 | Scots | caddie | caddie; A youth or boy who does odd jobs |
| 3 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 4 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 5 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |