Where does “drafty” come from?
Drafty comes from English draft, influenced by the variant English draught, ultimately deriving from Latin -ivus (adjective-forming suffix) via Middle French -ie and Latin -ia formations.
drafty (English): Characterized by gusts of wind; windy; Not...
Definitions
- Characterized by gusts of wind; windy; Not...
Ancestry of “drafty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | draughty | Britain standard spelling of drafty |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |