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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | plushy | Like plush; soft and shaggy; Plush; sumptuous |
| 2 | English | plush | Very extravagant; Very expensive, or appearing... |
| 3 | French | peluche | plush , fluff; first-person singular present... |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |