Where does “puppetish” come from?
puppetish (English) comes from English puppet, from Middle English popet, from Old French poupette, from French poupée, from Middle French poupée, from Old French poupée, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus — few, little; smallness.
puppetish (English): Resembling a puppet in appearance or action
Definitions
- Resembling a puppet in appearance or action
Ancestry of “puppetish”, step by step
puppetish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puppet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puppet | Any small model of a person or animal able to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | popet | A small or young person |
| 3 | Old French | poupette | — |
| 4 | French | poupée | doll |
| 5 | Middle French | poupée | doll, toy |
| 6 | Old French | poupée | — |
| 7 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 8 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |
via English ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |