Where does “caddishly” come from?
caddishly (English) comes from English caddish, from English CAD, from English caddie, from Scots caddie, from French cadet, from French capdet, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
caddishly (English): In a caddish manner
Definitions
- In a caddish manner
Ancestry of “caddishly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caddish | Characteristic of a cad |
| 2 | English | CAD | Initialism of computer-aided drafting; Initialism... |
| 3 | English | caddie | A golfer's assistant and adviser; Alternative... |
| 4 | Scots | caddie | caddie; A youth or boy who does odd jobs |
| 5 | French | cadet | youngest; cadet, student officer; junior... |
| 6 | French | capdet | chief, captain |
| 7 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |