Where does “groggy” come from?

Groggy comes from English grog plus the Middle English suffix -y, derived from Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European -kos, a formative element creating adjectives.

groggy (English): Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc;...

Definitions

  1. Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc;...

Ancestry of “groggy”, 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 “groggy”

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