Where does “nutty” come from?

Nutty derives from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, and Latin -ia, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos and Latin noscere meaning to know.

nutty (English): Containing nuts; Resembling or characteristic of...

Definitions

  1. Containing nuts; Resembling or characteristic of...

Ancestry of “nutty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “nutty”

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