Where does “quailish” come from?
quailish (English) comes from English Quail, from Middle English quaylen, from Old French coaillier, from Vulgar Latin coaglare, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
quailish (English): Similar to a quail
Definitions
- Similar to a quail
Ancestry of “quailish”, step by step
quailish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Quail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Quail | To waste away; to fade, to wither |
| 2 | Middle English | quaylen | To be afflicted by disease or wasting; to become... |
| 3 | Old French | coaillier | to curdle |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | coaglare | — |
| 5 | Latin | coāgulō | to curdle; make thick, solid |
| 6 | Latin | coāgulum | tie, bond, binding agent |
| 7 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |