Where does “crocodiley” come from?
crocodiley (English) comes from English crocodile, from Middle English cocodrill, from Old French cocodril, from Medieval Latin cocodrillus, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος, from Ancient Greek κρόκη, from Ancient Greek κρέκω — to weave.
crocodiley (English): Resembling or characteristic of a crocodile
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a crocodile
Ancestry of “crocodiley”, step by step
crocodiley traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crocodile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crocodile | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | cocodrill | — |
| 3 | Old French | cocodril | crocodile |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cocodrillus | — |
| 5 | Latin | crocodīlus | A crocodile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κροκόδειλος | lizard; crocodile; A fallacy of the sophists |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρόκη | thread which is passed between the threads of the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρέκω | to weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kreḱ- | to weave |
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 | — |