Where does “jaywalk” come from?
jaywalk (English) comes from English jaywalker, from English Jay, from English jy, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
jaywalk (English): To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian...
Definitions
- To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian...
Ancestry of “jaywalk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | jaywalker | A person who violates pedestrian traffic... |
| 2 | English | Jay | from, a nickname for a chatty or showy person |
| 3 | English | jy | The name of the Latin-script letter J |
| 4 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 5 | Old French | i | there |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |