Where does “punkadelic” come from?

punkadelic (English) comes from English adelic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine, from Latin imāginem — in.

punkadelic (English): Having the coolness or style of punk rock or punk...

Definitions

  1. Having the coolness or style of punk rock or punk...

Ancestry of “punkadelic”, step by step

punkadelic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English adelic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadelicOf or pertaining to an adele ring
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-un-, non-, not
11Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English punk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpunkA person used for sex, particularly; A worthless...
2Unamipunkwashes; dust; powder
3Proto-Algonquianpenkwidust, ash
4Proto-Algicpenekwepowder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en