Where does “dishwatery” come from?
dishwatery (English) comes from English dishwater, from English dish, from Middle English dissh, from Old English disċ, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō — take; perceive.
dishwatery (English): Resembling dishwater
Definitions
- Resembling dishwater
Ancestry of “dishwatery”, step by step
dishwatery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dishwater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dishwater | Water that dishes and cooking utensils have been... |
| 2 | English | dish | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving... |
| 3 | Middle English | dissh | — |
| 4 | Old English | disċ | plate; bowl; dish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | disk | dish |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
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 | — |