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Where does “scanties” come from?

scanties (English) comes from English scanty, 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.

scanties (English): Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or...

Definitions

  1. Small panties; skimpy underwear for a woman or...

Ancestry of “scanties”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscantySomewhat less than is needed in amplitude or...
2EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
3EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
4Japanese百合lily; a style of 襲の色目 , featuring a red outer...
5Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
6Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
7Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
8Old Japanese夢a dream
9Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
10Middle Chinese目—
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