Where does “andy” come from?
Andy is an English word derived from the suffix -y in Middle English, ultimately tracing through Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
andy (English): android
Ancestry of “andy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Andrea | — |
| 2 | Italian | Andrea | Andrew |
| 3 | Latin | Andreās | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἀνδρέας | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | — |