Where does “powdery” come from?

Powdery derives from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, forming an adjective suffix chain expressing quality or state.

powdery (English): Of or pertaining to powder

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to powder

Ancestry of “powdery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “powdery”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →