Where does “quagmirish” come from?
quagmirish (English) comes from English quagmire, from English mire, from Middle English mire, from French mire, from Italian mira, from Italian mirare, from Latin mīror, from Latin mīrus — to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be...
quagmirish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a quagmire
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a quagmire
Ancestry of “quagmirish”, step by step
quagmirish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quagmire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quagmire | A swampy, soggy area of ground; A perilous, mixed... |
| 2 | English | mire | Deep mud; moist, spongy earth; An undesirable... |
| 3 | Middle English | mire | Marshy or swampy land; a mire or peat; A region... |
| 4 | French | mire | aim; foresight; target |
| 5 | Italian | mira | aim; sight; aim, goal, purpose, design,... |
| 6 | Italian | mirare | to aim, to take aim, to sight, to point; to... |
| 7 | Latin | mīror | to be astonished at, marvel at, admire, be amazed at, wonder at |
| 8 | Latin | mīrus | wonderful, marvelous, amazing, surprising, miraculous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smeiros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sméyros | laughing, smiling |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | smey- | to smile; to smear, stroke, wipe, rub; to be... |
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 |