Where does “midgety” come from?
midgety (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.
midgety (English): Having the characteristics of a midget
Definitions
- Having the characteristics of a midget
Ancestry of “midgety”, step by step
midgety 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 midget
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | midget | A little sandfly; Any small swarming insect... |
| 2 | English | midge | any of various small two-winged flies, for... |
| 3 | Middle English | mydge | midge |
| 4 | Old English | myċġ | gnat; midge, gnat; mosquito |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mugjō | midge, mosquito, gnat |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mū- | fly, mosquito; fly, midge; lips, muzzle |