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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbattleshipLarge capital warship displacing tens of...
2EnglishshipA water-borne vessel generally larger than a...
3EnglishrelationshipConnection or association; the condition of being...
4EnglishrelationThe manner in which two things may be associated;...
5Middle Englishrelacion—
6Old Frenchrelacion—
7Latinrelātiōcarrying or bringing back
8Latinreferōto bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away
9Latinrĕ-back, backwards
10Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
11Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
12Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through

via English Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
2EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
3Japanese百合lily
4Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
5Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
6Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
7Old Japanese夢a dream
8Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
9Middle Chinese目—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →