Where does “dreamsicle” come from?
dreamsicle (English) comes from English creamsicle, from English popsicle, from English Epsicle, from English icicle, from English ickle, from English little, from Middle English litel, from Old English lȳtel.
dreamsicle (English): A cocktail with ingredients including orange juice and cream
Definitions
- A cocktail with ingredients including orange juice and cream
Ancestry of “dreamsicle”, step by step
dreamsicle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English creamsicle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creamsicle | A flavored popsicle with an ice cream core; Any... |
| 2 | English | popsicle | Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the... |
| 3 | English | Epsicle | — |
| 4 | English | icicle | A drooping, tapering shape of ice |
| 5 | English | ickle | An icicle; Little |
| 6 | English | little | Small in size; Insignificant, trivial; Very young |
| 7 | Middle English | litel | little |
| 8 | Old English | lȳtel | little |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | lūtil | bent; tending to stoop; crouching |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | lūtilaz | bent; tending to stoop; crouching; little |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | burgz | fortification, stronghold; city |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰr̥ǵʰ- | — |
via English dream
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dream | Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping;... |
| 2 | Middle English | drem | music; voice, conversing; joy, mirthfulness |
| 3 | Old Frisian | drēma | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *draumijan | to dream |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | draumijaną | to dream |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draumaz | dream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | draugmaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrowgʰ-mos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrewgʰ- | to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |