Where does “dreaminess” come from?
Dreaminess comes from English dream plus the English suffix -y, which derives from Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
dreaminess (English): The characteristic of being dreamy
Definitions
- The characteristic of being dreamy
Ancestry of “dreaminess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dreamy | As in a dream; resembling a dream; Sexy;... |
| 2 | English | dream | Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping;... |
| 3 | Middle English | drem | music; voice, conversing; joy, mirthfulness |
| 4 | Old Frisian | drēma | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *draumijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draumijaną | to dream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | draumaz | dream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | draugmaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrowgʰ-mos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |