Where does “browsy” come from?
browsy (English) comes from English browse, from Middle English browsen, from Old French brouster, from Old French brost, from Middle High German brobest, from Old High German provost, from Old French provost, from Latin prōpositus — passed , crossed.
browsy (English): Of an animal: having shaggy or bushy fur or hair
Definitions
- Of an animal: having shaggy or bushy fur or hair
Ancestry of “browsy”, step by step
browsy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English browse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | browse | To scan, to casually look through in order to... |
| 2 | Middle English | browsen | — |
| 3 | Old French | brouster | — |
| 4 | Old French | brost | sprout; a sprout, shoot, bud |
| 5 | Middle High German | brobest | — |
| 6 | Old High German | provost | — |
| 7 | Old French | provost | — |
| 8 | Latin | prōpositus | set forth |
| 9 | Latin | praepositus | placed in front; placed in command; One placed in... |
| 10 | Latin | praepōnō | to place or set over as chief, commander, or superintendent; to place at the head of or entrust with the charge or command of; to appoint or depute as |
| 11 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 | — |