Where does “floppy” come from?

Floppy derives from English flop, which comes from English flap, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

floppy (English): Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible; A...

Definitions

Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible; A...

Ancestry of “floppy”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	-y	Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2	Middle English	-y	Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3	Old English	-iġ	-y, -ic
4	Proto-West Germanic	-g	Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5	Proto-Germanic	-gaz	-y
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

Words derived from “floppy”

floppiness
floppily
floptical
mini-floppy
micro-floppy
flopi
superfloppy
フロッピー
ফ্লপি
floppyful
flopilemez
flopilemezek

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →