Where does “lavendery” come from?
lavendery (English) comes from English lavender, from Middle English lavendre, from Old French lavendre, from Latin lavendula, from Latin lividus, from Latin liveo, from Proto-Italic sliwēō, from Proto-Indo-European sliwo- — blueish.
lavendery (English): Resembling lavender
Definitions
- Resembling lavender
Ancestry of “lavendery”, step by step
lavendery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lavender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lavender | Any of a group of European plants, genus,... |
| 2 | Middle English | lavendre | lavender; Alternative form of lavender |
| 3 | Old French | lavendre | lavender |
| 4 | Latin | lavendula | — |
| 5 | Latin | lividus | leaden, bluish, blue; black and blue, livid;... |
| 6 | Latin | liveo | I am of a bluish color; I am livid; I am envious,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sliwēō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sliwo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₃y- | blueish |
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 | — |