Where does “decopunk” come from?
decopunk (English) comes from English deco, from English decompression, from English compression, from Middle French compression, from Latin compressio, from Latin comprimō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
decopunk (English): A subset of the dieselpunk science fiction genre and aesthetic that incorporates Art Deco elements and other aspects of the technology, culture, and fashion of the 1920s-1930s
Definitions
- A subset of the dieselpunk science fiction genre and aesthetic that incorporates Art Deco elements and other aspects of the technology, culture, and fashion of the 1920s-1930s
Ancestry of “decopunk”, step by step
decopunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English deco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deco | Decompression |
| 2 | English | decompression | The process of decompressing; The restoration to... |
| 3 | English | compression | An increase in density; the act of compressing,... |
| 4 | Middle French | compression | compression (act, instance of compressing) |
| 5 | Latin | compressio | squeezing, compression; embrace |
| 6 | Latin | comprimō | to compress (squeeze together) |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |