Where does “coxcomby” come from?
coxcomby (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.
coxcomby (English): foolish and conceited
Definitions
- foolish and conceited
Ancestry of “coxcomby”, step by step
coxcomby 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 coxcomb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coxcomb | The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red... |
| 2 | Middle English | cokke | haycock, haystack; cockle, shellfish; Alternative... |
| 3 | Old English | cocc | cock, a male bird |
| 4 | Old Norse | kǫkkr | clump; lump |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kukkaz | cock, rooster, chicken |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gēw- | to bend, arch |