Where does “lilacky” come from?
lilacky (English) comes from English lilac, from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك, from Persian نیلک, from Persian نیل, from Arabic نيل, from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫, from Sanskrit नील — to lead.
lilacky (English): Resembling lilac, especially in colour
Definitions
- Resembling lilac, especially in colour
Ancestry of “lilacky”, step by step
lilacky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lilac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lilac | A large shrub of the genus "Syringa", especially... |
| 2 | French | lilac | archaic form of lilas |
| 3 | Arabic | لِيلَك | lilac |
| 4 | Persian | نیلک | — |
| 5 | Persian | نیل | indigo |
| 6 | Arabic | نيل | verbal noun of نَالَ; indigo; to colour indigo |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭭𐭩𐭫 | indigo |
| 8 | Sanskrit | नील | of a dark color |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | neyH- | to lead |
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 | — |