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Where does “bedroomy” come from?

bedroomy (English) comes from English bedroom, from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 — to think, reason; to arrange.

bedroomy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a bedroom; thus,...

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bedroom; thus,...

Ancestry of “bedroomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbedroomA room in a house where a bed is kept for...
2EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
3Middle Englishbed—
4Old Englishbeddbed
5Proto-West Germanicbadibed
6Persianبدی—
7Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
8Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
9Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
10Proto-Iranian*rādi-—
11Proto-Iranian*rād-—
12Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
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