Where does “gossamery” come from?
gossamery (English) comes from English gossamer, from Middle English gossomer, from Middle English somer, from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic sumar, from Proto-Germanic sumaraz, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- — summer, year.
gossamery (English): Like gossamer; flimsy
Definitions
- Like gossamer; flimsy
Ancestry of “gossamery”, step by step
gossamery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gossamer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gossamer | A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in... |
| 2 | Middle English | gossomer | gossamer; Anything that is of little value or... |
| 3 | Middle English | somer | summer |
| 4 | Old English | sumor | summer |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sumar | summer |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sumaraz | summer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥m-aro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-h₂-ó- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | semh₂- | summer, year |
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 | — |