Where does “loobily” come from?
loobily (English) comes from English looby, from Irish Ó Lúbaigh, from Irish lúbach, from Irish -ach, from Middle Irish -ach, from Old Irish -ach, from Proto-Celtic -ākos, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂ḱos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
loobily (English): awkward; ungainly; awkwardly
Definitions
- awkward; ungainly; awkwardly
Ancestry of “loobily”, step by step
loobily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English looby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | looby | an awkward or clumsy person |
| 2 | Irish | Ó Lúbaigh | — |
| 3 | Irish | lúbach | landing net; looped, coiled; twisting, winding,... |
| 4 | Irish | -ach | Forms nouns from other nouns and adjectives with... |
| 5 | Middle Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 6 | Old Irish | -ach | Forms adjectives meaning "related to, having,... |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | -ākos | Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ḱos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |