Where does “razzle-dazzly” come from?
razzle-dazzly (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.
razzle-dazzly (English): showy; glamorous
Definitions
- showy; glamorous
Ancestry of “razzle-dazzly”, step by step
razzle-dazzly 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 razzle-dazzle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | razzle-dazzle | Glitz, glamor/glamour, showiness, or pizazz;... |
| 2 | English | dazzle | To confuse the sight of by means of excessive... |
| 3 | English | daze | The state of being dazed; A glittering stone; To... |
| 4 | English | dazed | In a state of shock or confusion; Stunned; simple... |
| 5 | Old Norse | dasask | to become weary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dasōjan- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daza- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |