Where does “scandalmongery” come from?
scandalmongery (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.
scandalmongery (English): The act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors
Definitions
- The act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors
Ancestry of “scandalmongery”, step by step
scandalmongery 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 scandalmonger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scandalmonger | A person who trades in gossip; one who collects... |
| 2 | English | scandal | An incident or event that disgraces or damages... |
| 3 | Middle French | scandale | discourse, either spoken or written, which causes... |
| 4 | Latin | scandalum | temptation; stumbling block; trap |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σκάνδαλον | trap, snare; enticement, temptation; offense,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skand- | to jump, go up; to shine, to glow; bright |