Where does “baggy” come from?
Baggy comes from Middle English, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European bʰak- meaning to bulge or swell, combined with Latin -y and -ia suffixes.
baggy (English): Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang...
Definitions
- Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang...
Ancestry of “baggy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 2 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 3 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “baggy”