Where does “Spuffy” come from?
Spuffy (English) comes from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
Spuffy (English): The ship of characters Spike and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Definitions
- The ship of characters Spike and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ancestry of “Spuffy”, step by step
Spuffy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Spike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spike | A sort of very large nail |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 5 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
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 | — |