Where does “chowderheaded” come from?
chowderheaded (English) comes from English headed, from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
chowderheaded (English): Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense
Definitions
- Stupid; foolish; lacking in common sense
Ancestry of “chowderheaded”, step by step
chowderheaded traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English headed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | headed | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,... |
| 2 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English chowder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chowder | A thick, creamy soup or stew; A stew,... |
| 2 | French | chaudière | boiler; cauldron; bucket |
| 3 | Old French | chaudiere | cooking-pot |
| 4 | Latin | caldāria | warm bath |
| 5 | Latin | caldārius | Of, pertaining to or suitable for warmth or bathing |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |