Where does “afterglowy” come from?
afterglowy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
afterglowy (English): Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to...
Definitions
- Exhibiting afterglow; resembling or pertaining to...
Ancestry of “afterglowy”, step by step
afterglowy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English afterglow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | afterglow | The glow seen in the sky after sunset; The light... |
| 2 | English | after- | With contrary, subordinate, or remote effect;... |
| 3 | Old English | æfter- | after, behind; afterward; for, for the sake or... |
| 4 | Old English | æfter | after; according to |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *aftar | after, behind |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | after | after, behind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |