Where does “longboi” come from?
longboi (English) comes from English boi, from Portuguese bumba-meu-boi, from Portuguese boi, from Old Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem, from Latin bos, from Ancient Greek βοῦς, from Latin corvus — army.
longboi (English): }} Something long, especially a dog
Definitions
- }} Something long, especially a dog
Ancestry of “longboi”, step by step
longboi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English boi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boi | A male bottom (i.e. submissive partner), defined not by junior age, but by his obedient role and submission to the dominant "top" |
| 2 | Portuguese | bumba-meu-boi | — |
| 3 | Portuguese | boi | ox |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | boi | — |
| 5 | Latin | bovem | accusative singular of bōs; cow, bull |
| 6 | Latin | bos | a cow, bull, or ox; cattle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 8 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English long
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 2 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 3 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 4 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 5 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |