Where does “coily” come from?
coily (English) comes from English coil, from Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, from Old French cueil, from Old French cueudre, from Latin colligō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coily (English): Having coils; coiling
Definitions
- Having coils; coiling
Ancestry of “coily”, step by step
coily traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English coil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coil | Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral;... |
| 2 | Middle English | coilen | To gather, collect, or pick (flowers, fruit, etc.) |
| 3 | Old French | coillir | to pick |
| 4 | Old French | cueil | — |
| 5 | Old French | cueudre | alternative infinitive of coillir |
| 6 | Latin | colligō | to gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English coy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coy | Bashful, shy, retiring; Quiet, reserved, modest;... |
| 2 | Middle English | coy | — |
| 3 | Old French | coi | — |
| 4 | Old French | quei | quiet, still |
| 5 | Latin | quiētus | at rest/nap, quiet, keeping quiet, quietude, quietness |
| 6 | Latin | quiēscō | to rest, sleep, repose |
| 7 | Latin | quiēs | the rest of sleep, repose |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷiētis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyéh₁tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |
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 | — |