Where does “greensome” come from?
greensome (English) comes from English foursome, from English four, from Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.
greensome (English): A foursome game with the difference that both...
Definitions
- A foursome game with the difference that both...
Ancestry of “greensome”, step by step
greensome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foursome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foursome | A group of four, a quartet or a game played by... |
| 2 | English | four | A numerical value equal to 4; the number after... |
| 3 | Middle English | four | four |
| 4 | Old English | fēower | four |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | feuwar | four |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fedwōr | four |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |