Where does “noonsie” come from?
noonsie (English) comes from English noon, from Middle English noen, from Old English nōn, from Latin nōna, from Latin nōnus, from Latin novenos, from Latin novem, from Latin novo — new; to nod, assent to.
noonsie (English): A sexual tryst during one's lunchbreak
Definitions
- A sexual tryst during one's lunchbreak
Ancestry of “noonsie”, step by step
noonsie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English noon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | noon | The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise;... |
| 2 | Middle English | noen | — |
| 3 | Old English | nōn | noon; the ninth hour; the ninth hour |
| 4 | Latin | nōna | nones canonical hour |
| 5 | Latin | nōnus | ninth |
| 6 | Latin | novenos | accusative masculine plural of novēnus |
| 7 | Latin | novem | nine; 9; first-person singular present active... |
| 8 | Latin | novo | I make new, renew, refresh; I alter, change;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | nowāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | néweh₂ti | to renew |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |
via English sie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sie | To sink; fall; drop; To fall, as in a swoon;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sien | Alternative form of seien |
| 3 | Old English | sīgan | to sink, fall, drop; to sink, descend |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sīgan | to sink, to drop |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīganą | to sink, to drop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |