Where does “jasminy” come from?
jasminy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
jasminy (English): Redolent of jasmine
Definitions
- Redolent of jasmine
Ancestry of “jasminy”, step by step
jasminy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English Jasmine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Jasmine | Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers |
| 2 | French | Jasmin | a rare masculine form of Jasmine |
| 3 | Spanish | jazmín | jasmine |
| 4 | Arabic | يَاسَمِين | — |
| 5 | Persian | یاسمین | — |
| 6 | Persian | یاسمن | jasmine flower |
| 7 | Middle Persian | yʾsmn' | jasmine |