Where does “goonery” come from?
goonery (English) comes from English goon, from Japanese 呉音, from Japanese 呉, from Japanese 暮れる — get dark, for night to fall; for the season to...
goonery (English): goonish behaviour
Definitions
- goonish behaviour
Ancestry of “goonery”, step by step
goonery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English goon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | goon | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little... |
| 2 | Japanese | 呉音 | The pronunciation of Chinese hanzi characters... |
| 3 | Japanese | 呉 | Chinese, from China; the Wú region of China;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 暮れる | get dark, for night to fall; for the season to... |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |