Where does “podfic” come from?
podfic (English) comes from English iPod, from English i-, from Middle English y-, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
podfic (English): Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files...
Definitions
- Fan fiction read aloud and made into audio files...
Ancestry of “podfic”, step by step
podfic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English iPod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | iPod | A portable music player made by Apple; Any... |
| 2 | English | i- | Alternative spelling of y-; API; A form of the... |
| 3 | Middle English | y- | Used with past participle conjugations to form... |
| 4 | Old English | ġe- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English fic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fic | A fictional story set within a preexisting... |
| 2 | English | fanfic | fan fiction; a work of fan fiction |
| 3 | English | fan fiction | Amateur fiction created by fans, incorporating... |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |