Where does “scaffy” come from?
scaffy (English) comes from English scavenger, from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour, from French scawage, from Old French scavage, from Old French escavage, from Old French escauvinghe, from Middle English shewing — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
scaffy (English): A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector
Definitions
- A street sweeper; a dustman, a refuse collector
Ancestry of “scaffy”, step by step
scaffy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scavenger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scavenger | Someone who scavenges, especially one who... |
| 2 | Middle English | scavager | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | scawageour | one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax... |
| 4 | French | scawage | — |
| 5 | Old French | scavage | — |
| 6 | Old French | escavage | — |
| 7 | Old French | escauvinghe | scavage |
| 8 | Middle English | shewing | present participle of shew |
| 9 | Old English | sċēawung | inspection, contemplation; a showing, spectacle,... |
| 10 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
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 | — |