Where does “Jigglypuff” come from?
Jigglypuff (English) comes from English jiggly, from English jiggle, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Jigglypuff (English): Something that resembles the Pokémon Jigglypuff, e.g. by being rotund, bright pink, or able to induce sleep
Definitions
- Something that resembles the Pokémon Jigglypuff, e.g. by being rotund, bright pink, or able to induce sleep
Ancestry of “Jigglypuff”, step by step
Jigglypuff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English jiggly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jiggly | that jiggles |
| 2 | English | jiggle | a weak, shaking movement; To shake something... |
| 3 | English | -le | A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating... |
| 4 | Middle English | -el | — |
| 5 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 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 | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |