Where does “nougaty” come from?
nougaty (English) comes from English nougat, from French nougat, from Occitan nougat, from Old Occitan nogat, from Old Occitan noga, from Vulgar Latin nuca, from Latin nux, from Proto-Italic knuks — to arise, begin.
nougaty (English): Resembling or characteristic of nougat
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of nougat
Ancestry of “nougaty”, step by step
nougaty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nougat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nougat | A confection of honey or sugar and roasted nuts,... |
| 2 | French | nougat | nougat |
| 3 | Occitan | nougat | — |
| 4 | Old Occitan | nogat | — |
| 5 | Old Occitan | noga | nut |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | nuca | — |
| 7 | Latin | nux | A nut; A nut-tree; A fruit with a hard shell or... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | knuks | nut |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | knew- | to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ken- | to arise, begin |
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 | — |