Where does “flippery” come from?
flippery (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.
flippery (English): Resembling or characteristic of flippers
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of flippers
Ancestry of “flippery”, step by step
flippery 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 flipper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flipper | In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat... |
| 2 | English | Flip | A Filipino; a person who is of Filipino... |
| 3 | English | fillip | The action of holding the tip of a finger against... |
| 4 | Middle English | filippen | to make a signal or sound with thumb and right... |
| 5 | Middle English | flappen | to flap, clap, slap, strike |