Where does “creepypasta” come from?
creepypasta (English) comes from English copypasta, from English copy-paste, from English copy, from Middle English copy, from Old French copie, from Medieval Latin copia, from Latin cōpia, from Latin coopia — resin.
creepypasta (English): Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet
Definitions
- Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet
Ancestry of “creepypasta”, step by step
creepypasta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English copypasta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | copypasta | A block of text which has been copied and pasted... |
| 2 | English | copy-paste | The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else |
| 3 | English | copy | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of... |
| 4 | Middle English | copy | — |
| 5 | Old French | copie | abundance, plenty; transcript, copy |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | copia | reproduction, transcript; copy; supply |
| 7 | Latin | cōpia | supply, abundance, copiousness, wealth, riches |
| 8 | Latin | coopia | — |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English creepy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creepy | Moving by creeping along; Producing an uneasy... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |