Where does “opensightly” come from?
opensightly (English) comes from English open, from Middle English open, from Old English open, from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic upanaz, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
opensightly (English): Open to the sight or view of all; obvious;...
Definitions
- Open to the sight or view of all; obvious;...
Ancestry of “opensightly”, step by step
opensightly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English open
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | open | Not closed; Not physically drawn together,... |
| 2 | Middle English | open | open |
| 3 | Old English | open | open |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *opan | open |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | upanaz | open |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English sightly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sightly | Attractive, pleasing to the eye; affording... |
| 2 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 3 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 4 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 5 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 6 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |