Where does “YouTubular” come from?
YouTubular (English) comes from English Youtube, from English You, from Middle English yow, from Old English ēow, from Proto-West Germanic iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic izwiz, from Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
YouTubular (English): Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube
Ancestry of “YouTubular”, step by step
YouTubular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Youtube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Youtube | A video-sharing website |
| 2 | English | You | Honorific alternative letter-case form of you,... |
| 3 | Middle English | yow | Second-person plural object pronoun: you;... |
| 4 | Old English | ēow | Wo!, Alas!; sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | iwwiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | izwiz | accusative/dative/instrumental of *jūz |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *jūz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via English tubular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tubular | Shaped like a tube; Relating to, or composed of... |
| 2 | Latin | tubulus | small pipe or tube |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |