Where does “aguey” come from?
aguey (English) comes from English ague, from Middle English agu, from Middle French aguë, from Latin acūta, from Latin acūtus, from Latin acuō, from Latin acus, from Proto-Italic akus — sharp.
aguey (English): In the state of having a high fever accompanied...
Definitions
- In the state of having a high fever accompanied...
Ancestry of “aguey”, step by step
aguey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ague
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ague | An acute fever; An intermittent fever, attended... |
| 2 | Middle English | agu | — |
| 3 | Middle French | aguë | acute |
| 4 | Latin | acūta | — |
| 5 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 6 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 7 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |
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 | — |