Where does “chewing-gummy” come from?
chewing-gummy (English) comes from English chewing gum, from English gum, from Middle English gomme, from Old English guma, from Proto-Germanic gumô, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
chewing-gummy (English): Resembling or characteristic of chewing gum
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of chewing gum
Ancestry of “chewing-gummy”, step by step
chewing-gummy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chewing gum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chewing gum | A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic... |
| 2 | English | gum | The flesh around the teeth; To chew, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | gomme | Alternative form of gome; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | guma | man, hero |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gumô | man |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰm̥mō | earthling, human |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
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 | — |