Where does “fanservicy” come from?
fanservicy (English) comes from English fanservice, from Japanese ファンサービス, from English service, from Middle English servise, from Old English serfis, from Old French servise, from Latin servitium, from Latin -itia — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
fanservicy (English): Bordering on fanservice
Definitions
- Bordering on fanservice
Ancestry of “fanservicy”, step by step
fanservicy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fanservice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fanservice | The inclusion in a work of fiction of material,... |
| 2 | Japanese | ファンサービス | Something done by a celebrity (especially an idol, performer or athlete) to please their fans |
| 3 | English | service | An act of being of assistance to someone; The... |
| 4 | Middle English | servise | service; servitude; vasselage |
| 5 | Old English | serfis | service |
| 6 | Old French | servise | service; servitude; vasselage; church service |
| 7 | Latin | servitium | slavery, servitude; slaves; service |
| 8 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 9 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 | — |