Where does “explodey” come from?
explodey (English) comes from English explode, from Latin explōdere, from French explosif, from French explosion, from Latin explōsio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
explodey (English): Explosive; tending to explode
Definitions
- Explosive; tending to explode
Ancestry of “explodey”, step by step
explodey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English explode
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | explode | To destroy with an explosion; To destroy... |
| 2 | Latin | explōdere | — |
| 3 | French | explosif | explosive |
| 4 | French | explosion | explosion |
| 5 | Latin | explōsio | a driving off by clapping |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 | — |