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Where does “flirty” come from?

Flirty comes from English flirt, which derives from Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

flirty (English): Flirting, or seeming to flirt

Definitions

  1. Flirting, or seeming to flirt

Ancestry of “flirty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “flirty”

  • flirtiness
  • flirtily
  • unflirty
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