Where does “Tassie” come from?
Tassie comes from English Tasmania plus the English suffix -y, which derives from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos through Latin -ivus and Latin -ia.
Tassie (English): Tasmania, Australia
Definitions
- Tasmania, Australia
Ancestry of “Tassie”, step by step
Tassie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tasse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tasse | cup; cupful |
| 2 | Middle French | tasse | — |
| 3 | Arabic | طَاس | bowl, basin; bowl, cup |
| 4 | Persian | تست | test |
| 5 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 6 | German | testen | to test |
| 7 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 8 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 9 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 10 | Old French | teste | head |
| 11 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 12 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 13 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via English Tasmania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tasmania | comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live |
| 2 | English | -ia | Used in forming names of countries, diseases,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |