Where does “closetiness” come from?
closetiness (English) comes from English closety, 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.
closetiness (English): The fact of being closety; reticence or secrecy about one's homosexuality
Definitions
- The fact of being closety; reticence or secrecy about one's homosexuality
Ancestry of “closetiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | closety | Inclined to remain in the closet; not open about... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |