Where does “plywoody” come from?

plywoody (English) comes from English plywood, from English ply, from English apply, from Middle English aplien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

plywoody (English): Resembling or characteristic of plywood

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of plywood

Ancestry of “plywoody”, step by step

plywoody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plywood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplywoodConstruction material supplied in sheets, and...
2EnglishplyA layer of material; A strand that, twisted...
3EnglishapplyTo lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or...
4Middle Englishaplien
5Old Frenchapplierto bend; to apply
6Latinapplicōto apply
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
2EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
3Japanese百合lily
4Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
5Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
6Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
7Old Japanesea dream
8Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
9Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én