Where does “morphoscopic” come from?
morphoscopic (English) comes from English morphoscopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
morphoscopic (English): Of or relating to morphoscopy
Definitions
- Of or relating to morphoscopy
Ancestry of “morphoscopic”, step by step
morphoscopic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English morphoscopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | morphoscopy | The scientific examination of the shape of small... |
| 2 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |