Where does “gooey” come from?

Gooey derives from English goo, which comes from English burgoo, from English burgood, ultimately tracing through Latin suffixes -ia and -ivus to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

gooey (English): of or relating to goo; soft, sticky and viscous

Definitions

  1. of or relating to goo; soft, sticky and viscous

Ancestry of “gooey”, 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 “gooey”

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