Where does “geeky” come from?

Geeky derives from English geek, from Dutch gek, with roots in Latin -ivus and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately denoting a quality or state of being.

geeky (English): Resembling or characteristic of a geek

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a geek

Ancestry of “geeky”, 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 “geeky”

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