Where does “aunty” come from?

Aunty is formed from English aunt with the English diminutive suffix -y, which derives from Latin -ia, itself from Latin -ivus.

aunty (English): Alternative spelling of auntie

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of auntie

Ancestry of “aunty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “aunty”

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