Where does “battleshippy” come from?
battleshippy (English) comes from English battleship, from English ship, from English relationship, from English relation, from Middle English relacion, from Old French relacion, from Latin relātiō, from Latin referō — before, in front; first; to go through.
battleshippy (English): Of, pertaining to, or resembling a battleship
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a battleship
Ancestry of “battleshippy”, step by step
battleshippy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English battleship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | battleship | Large capital warship displacing tens of... |
| 2 | English | ship | A water-borne vessel generally larger than a... |
| 3 | English | relationship | Connection or association; the condition of being... |
| 4 | English | relation | The manner in which two things may be associated;... |
| 5 | Middle English | relacion | — |
| 6 | Old French | relacion | — |
| 7 | Latin | relātiō | carrying or bringing back |
| 8 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 9 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 10 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 11 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
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 | — |