Where does “foggy” come from?
Foggy comes from English fog plus the suffix -y, with fog deriving from Danish fog, which traces through Middle French -ie and Latin -ia back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
foggy (English): Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy; Confused,...
Definitions
- Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy; Confused,...
Ancestry of “foggy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fog | A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | feukaną | to whisk; blow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pug- | billow, bulge, drift |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pew- | to blow, breathe; to fear; to blow, to breathe |
Words derived from “foggy”