Where does “fratty” come from?
fratty (English) comes from English frat, from English fraternity, from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, from Latin frāternus, from French -iser, from Old French -iser, from Latin -izo — he, she.
fratty (English): Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in...
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a frat boy in...
Ancestry of “fratty”, step by step
fratty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English frat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | frat | Shortened form of fraternity, college... |
| 2 | English | fraternity | The quality of being brothers or brotherly;... |
| 3 | Old French | fraternité | brotherhood; fraternity |
| 4 | Latin | frāternitās | brotherhood |
| 5 | Latin | frāternus | brotherly, fraternal |
| 6 | French | -iser | -ise/-ize |
| 7 | Old French | -iser | -ize |
| 8 | Latin | -izo | Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 15 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |