Where does “debby” come from?
debby (English) comes from English deb, from English débutante, from French débutante, from French débutant, from French débuter, from French but, from French boire, from Middle French boire — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
debby (English): Like a debutante
Definitions
- Like a debutante
Ancestry of “debby”, step by step
debby traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English deb
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deb | Clipping of debutante; Debutante ball or debut |
| 2 | English | débutante | A female who débuts |
| 3 | French | débutante | A debutante |
| 4 | French | débutant | present participle of débuter; debutant, newbie,... |
| 5 | French | débuter | to start; to debut, to make one's debut |
| 6 | French | but | aim; goal; third-person singular past historic of... |
| 7 | French | boire | to drink |
| 8 | Middle French | boire | to drink |
| 9 | Old French | boivre | to drink; a drink |
| 10 | Latin | bibere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 11 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 12 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 | — |