Where does “lizardy” come from?
lizardy (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.
lizardy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a lizard
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a lizard
Ancestry of “lizardy”, step by step
lizardy 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 lizard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lizard | Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a... |
| 2 | Middle English | lesarde | A reptile, especially a lizard; The sharpened tip... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | lusard | — |
| 4 | Old French | lesard | — |
| 5 | Latin | lacertus | Alternative form of lacerta: a lizard; The... |
| 6 | Latin | lacerta | lizard; ablative singular of lacerta |