Where does “cornmealy” come from?
cornmealy (English) comes from English cornmeal, from English meal, from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa.
cornmealy (English): Resembling cornmeal
Definitions
- Resembling cornmeal
Ancestry of “cornmealy”, step by step
cornmealy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cornmeal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cornmeal | Dried corn milled to a coarse meal |
| 2 | English | meal | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a... |
| 3 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 4 | English | Moll | A pet name for Mary |
| 5 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 6 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 7 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 8 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 10 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 11 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 12 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
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 | — |