Where does “choosy” come from?
Choosy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix formation ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.
choosy (English): Taking care when choosing that what is chosen...
Definitions
- Taking care when choosing that what is chosen...
Ancestry of “choosy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choose | To pick; to make the choice of; to select; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | chose | — |
| 3 | Middle English | chosen | chosen; to choose |
| 4 | Old English | ċēosan | to choose, seek out, select, elect, decide, test,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | keusan | to choose |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | keusaną | to test, to try; to choose |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵews- | to taste, try |