Where does “costumey” come from?
costumey (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.
costumey (English): Overly elaborate, like a costume
Definitions
- Overly elaborate, like a costume
Ancestry of “costumey”, step by step
costumey 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 costume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | costume | A style of dress, including garments, accessories... |
| 2 | French | costume | A style of dress characteristic of a particular... |
| 3 | Italian | costume | A custom, habit; A costume; A swimsuit |
| 4 | Latin | cōnsuētūdō | The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation |
| 5 | Latin | cōnsuēscō | to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to |
| 6 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |