Where does “Scullyfic” come from?
Scullyfic (English) comes from English fic, from English fanfic, from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
Scullyfic (English): |_|fandom slang}} A fanfic in which Dana Scully, of the The X-Files television series, is the protagonist
Definitions
- |_|fandom slang}} A fanfic in which Dana Scully, of the The X-Files television series, is the protagonist
Ancestry of “Scullyfic”, step by step
Scullyfic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fic | A fictional story set within a preexisting... |
| 2 | English | fanfic | fan fiction; a work of fan fiction |
| 3 | English | fan fiction | Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating... |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English Scully
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Scully | To be skeptical toward with ideas that do not... |