Where does “quippy” come from?
quippy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
quippy (English): Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping
Definitions
- Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping
Ancestry of “quippy”, step by step
quippy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English quip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quip | A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a... |
| 2 | Latin | quippe | surely, certainly, by all means; indeed, in fact,... |
| 3 | Latin | quidpe | — |
| 4 | Latin | quid | neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷid | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |