Where does “flabbergaster” come from?
flabbergaster (English) comes from English flabbergast, from English flabby, from English flappy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る.
flabbergaster (English): A person, thing, fact or event that is...
Definitions
- A person, thing, fact or event that is...
Ancestry of “flabbergaster”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flabbergast | To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze,... |
| 2 | English | flabby | Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or... |
| 3 | English | flappy | that flaps |
| 4 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 5 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 7 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 8 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 9 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 10 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 11 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 12 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |