Where does “claptrappy” come from?
claptrappy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
claptrappy (English): Full of claptrap; nonsensical or ludicrous
Definitions
- Full of claptrap; nonsensical or ludicrous
Ancestry of “claptrappy”, step by step
claptrappy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English claptrap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | claptrap | Empty verbiage or nonsense; A device for... |
| 2 | English | clap | The act of striking the palms of the hands, or... |
| 3 | Old French | clapoir | bubo, inflammation from infection |
| 4 | Old French | clapier | brothel |
| 5 | Old Occitan | clapier | rabbit hutch |
| 6 | Old Occitan | clap | heap of stones |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | claperius | — |