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

Definitions

  1. android

Ancestry of “andy”, step by step

andy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Andrea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAndrea—
2ItalianAndreaAndrew
3LatinAndreāsAndrew biblical figure
4Ancient GreekἈνδρέας—
5Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
6Proto-Hellenic*anḗrman

via English Android

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAndroidA mobile operating system currently developed by Google
2New Latinandroides—
3Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man

Words derived from “andy”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας →