Where does “dewokify” come from?
dewokify (English) comes from English wokify, from English woke, from English woken up, from English wake up, from English wake, from Middle English wake, from Old English wacu, from Old English ford — passed , crossed.
dewokify (English): To make (something or someone) no longer woke
Definitions
- To make (something or someone) no longer woke
Ancestry of “dewokify”, step by step
dewokify traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wokify
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wokify | To make (something or someone) woke politically correct; holding progressive views or attitudes |
| 2 | English | woke | Awake: conscious and not asleep; Alert, aware of... |
| 3 | English | woken up | past participle of wake up |
| 4 | English | wake up | To awake; To awaken somebody; To become more... |
| 5 | English | wake | To stop sleeping; To make somebody stop sleeping;... |
| 6 | Middle English | wake | Alternative form of woke |
| 7 | Old English | wacu | wake, watch |
| 8 | Old English | ford | ford |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | furdu | ford |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |