Where does “roupily” come from?
roupily (English) comes from English roupy, 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.
roupily (English): In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse...
Definitions
- In a manner as if affected with roup. In a hoarse...
Ancestry of “roupily”, step by step
roupily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English roupy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | roupy | hoarse |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |