Where does “anticky” come from?
anticky (English) comes from English antic, from English anticipation, from Latin anticipatio, from Ancient Greek πρόληψις, from Ancient Greek προλαμβάνω, from Ancient Greek πρό-, from Ancient Greek πρό, from Proto-Indo-European pró — passed , crossed.
anticky (English): Given to antics; clownish; playful
Definitions
- Given to antics; clownish; playful
Ancestry of “anticky”, step by step
anticky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antic | Playful, funny, absurd; Grotesque, incongruous;... |
| 2 | English | anticipation | The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or... |
| 3 | Latin | anticipatio | preconception; anticipation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρόληψις | preconception, mental picture; taking beforehand;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | προλαμβάνω | take beforehand, anticipate |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 | — |