Where does “miragy” come from?
miragy (English) comes from English mirage, from French mirage, from French mirer, from Old French mirer, from Latin mīror, from Latin mīrus, from Proto-Italic smeiros, from Proto-Indo-European sméyros — to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be...
miragy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a mirage
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a mirage
Ancestry of “miragy”, step by step
miragy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mirage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mirage | An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted... |
| 2 | French | mirage | mirage |
| 3 | French | mirer | to watch intensely, to stare |
| 4 | Old French | mirer | to look at; to watch |
| 5 | Latin | mīror | to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at |
| 6 | Latin | mīrus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |
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 | — |