Where does “plushiness” come from?
plushiness (English) comes from English plushy, from English plush, from French peluche, from Old French peluchier, from Vulgar Latin *pilūc(i)cāre, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.
plushiness (English): The quality of being plushy
Definitions
- The quality of being plushy
Ancestry of “plushiness”, step by step
plushiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English plushy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plushy | Like plush; soft and shaggy; Plush; sumptuous |
| 2 | English | plush | Very extravagant; Very expensive, or appearing... |
| 3 | French | peluche | plush (toy), fluff |
| 4 | Old French | peluchier | to peel; to clean |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *pilūc(i)cāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 8 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |