Where does “femmy” come from?
femmy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
femmy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a femme
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a femme
Ancestry of “femmy”, step by step
femmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English femme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | femme | A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl; A... |
| 2 | French | femme | woman; wife; Alternative form of fem |
| 3 | Middle French | femme | wife; woman |
| 4 | Old French | fame | wife, female partner; woman |
| 5 | Latin | fēmina | woman |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fēmanā | woman |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ | who sucks; one who is sucked; one who suckles;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |