Where does “leopardy” come from?
leopardy (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.
leopardy (English): Resembling a leopard, or an aspect of leopards
Definitions
- Resembling a leopard, or an aspect of leopards
Ancestry of “leopardy”, step by step
leopardy 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 Leopard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Leopard | Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia |
| 2 | Middle English | leopard | — |
| 3 | Old French | leopard | leopard |
| 4 | Late Latin | leopardus | leopon, lipard |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λεόπαρδος | leopon, lipard; leopard |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Λέων | lion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέων | lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage |