Where does “penny-dreadfulish” come from?
penny-dreadfulish (English) comes from English penny dreadful, from English dreadful, from Middle English dredful, from Middle English dred, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic andarādan — on, onto.
penny-dreadfulish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a penny dreadful
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a penny dreadful
Ancestry of “penny-dreadfulish”, step by step
penny-dreadfulish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English penny dreadful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | penny dreadful | A cheap paperback book, "particularly" those... |
| 2 | English | dreadful | Full of something causing dread, "whether"; Full... |
| 3 | Middle English | dredful | Having dread or fear |
| 4 | Middle English | dred | Fear, dread; the state of being frightened |
| 5 | Middle English | dreden | To fear or dread |
| 6 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 7 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |