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Where does “fuzzy” come from?

Fuzzy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

fuzzy (English): Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose...

Definitions

  1. Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose...

Ancestry of “fuzzy”, 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 “fuzzy”

  • fuzziness
  • fuzzily
  • fuzzified
  • neurofuzzy
  • nonfuzzy
  • fuzzifier
  • fuzzify
  • defuzzify
  • fuzzyheaded
  • unfuzzy
  • defuzzied
  • fuzzy-wuzzy
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