Where does “bogusly” come from?
bogusly (English) comes from English bogus, from Polish -uś, from Polish -ś, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
bogusly (English): In a bogus way; phonily
Ancestry of “bogusly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bogus | Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; Undesirable or... |
| 2 | Polish | -uś | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 3 | Polish | -ś | Second-person singular verb suffix; Appended to... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | — |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |