Where does “gapey” come from?
gapey (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
gapey (English): Extremely loose or open; gaping
Definitions
- Extremely loose or open; gaping
Ancestry of “gapey”, step by step
gapey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English gape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gape | To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gapen | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | gapa | to gape, open the mouth wide |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gapōną | to gaze, observe |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |