Where does “luppie” come from?
luppie (English) comes from English yuppie, from English -ie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
luppie (English): A high-earning gay woman living in a major urban area
Definitions
- A high-earning gay woman living in a major urban area
Ancestry of “luppie”, step by step
luppie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English yuppie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yuppie | a young upwardly mobile urban professional person... |
| 2 | English | -ie | Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English latino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | latino | Alternative letter-case form of Latino |
| 2 | Spanish | latino | of or related to Lazio, Italy; of or related to... |
| 3 | Latin | Latīnus | Latin; of or pertaining to Latium, the Latin language, people, or culture |
| 4 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |