Where does “candyboy” come from?
candyboy (English) comes from English Candy, from Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi, from Arabic قندي, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند, from Sanskrit खण्ड — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
Ancestry of “candyboy”, step by step
candyboy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Candy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Candy | A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice |
| 2 | Middle English | sugre candy | Alternative form of suger candy |
| 3 | Old French | sucre candi | — |
| 4 | Arabic | قندي | a Pashtun |
| 5 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 6 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 7 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |
via English boy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boy | A young male; A male child: a son of any age; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | boye | servant, commoner, knave, boy |
| 3 | Old English | bōia | boy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bōjô | younger brother, young male relation |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bō- | A stem meaning "father, brother, close male... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰā- | to say |