Where does “mincy” come from?
mincy (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.
mincy (English): mincing; affectedly dainty
Definitions
- mincing; affectedly dainty
Ancestry of “mincy”, step by step
mincy 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 mince
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mince | Finely chopped meat; Finely chopped mixed fruit... |
| 2 | Middle English | mincen | To mince; to cut up or slice up food into small... |
| 3 | Old English | minsian | to diminish, lessen, become small |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | minnisōną | to make less, make smaller |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | minniz | less, to a smaller degree |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |