Where does “barbershoppy” come from?
barbershoppy (English) comes from English barbershop, from English barber, from Middle English barbour, from Anglo-Norman barbour, from Old French barbeor, from Old French barbe, from Latin barba, from Latin farba — beard.
barbershoppy (English): Resembling or characteristic of barbershop music
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of barbershop music
Ancestry of “barbershoppy”, step by step
barbershoppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English barbershop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | barbershop | The place of business of a barber; a store where... |
| 2 | English | barber | A person whose profession is cutting customers'... |
| 3 | Middle English | barbour | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | barbour | barber |
| 5 | Old French | barbeor | — |
| 6 | Old French | barbe | beard |
| 7 | Latin | barba | beard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of... |
| 8 | Latin | farba | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | farβā | beard |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰardʰéh₂ | beard |
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 | — |