Where does “kipsy” come from?
kipsy (English) comes from English kips, from English K, from English kilo-, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
kipsy (English): A house or shelter; To board, to reside
Definitions
- A house or shelter; To board, to reside
Ancestry of “kipsy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kips | plural of kip; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | K | The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this... |
| 3 | English | kilo- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 4 | French | kilo- | kilo |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χίλιοι | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰehliyoi | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |