Where does “fussy” come from?

Fussy derives from English fuss, which comes from Danish fjas, itself from Middle French -ie, continuing Latin -ia, -ivus, and -ia formations built on Proto-Indo-European -kos.

fussy (English): Anxious or particular about petty details; hard...

Definitions

  1. Anxious or particular about petty details; hard...

Ancestry of “fussy”, 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 “fussy”

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