Where does “fustily” come from?
fustily (English) comes from English fusty, from English fust, from Portuguese fusta, from Latin fusta, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
fustily (English): In a fusty manner
Definitions
- In a fusty manner
Ancestry of “fustily”, step by step
fustily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fusty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fusty | Moldy or musty; Stale-smelling or stuffy;... |
| 2 | English | fust | A strong musty smell; mustiness; The shaft of a... |
| 3 | Portuguese | fusta | fust |
| 4 | Latin | fusta | beam |
| 5 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |