Where does “healy-feely” come from?
healy-feely (English) comes from English heal, from English Hale, from Middle English hālen, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
healy-feely (English): Relating to, or believing in, New Age pseudoscience
Definitions
- Relating to, or believing in, New Age pseudoscience
Ancestry of “healy-feely”, step by step
healy-feely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heal | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to... |
| 2 | English | Hale | A place name |
| 3 | Middle English | hālen | — |
| 4 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 5 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 7 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via English feely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feely | soft; smooth; velvety; Tending to feel things by... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |