Where does “schoolmarmy” come from?
schoolmarmy (English) comes from English schoolmarm, from English marm, from English ma'am, from English madam, from Middle English madame, from Old French madame, from Old French dame, from Late Latin domna — to build; to arrange, to put together.
schoolmarmy (English): Resembling a schoolmarm
Definitions
- Resembling a schoolmarm
Ancestry of “schoolmarmy”, step by step
schoolmarmy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English schoolmarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schoolmarm | A woman who is a teacher, especially a teacher in... |
| 2 | English | marm | madam; a polite term of address for a lady |
| 3 | English | ma'am | Contraction of madam; To address using "ma'am" |
| 4 | English | madam | "Mrs Grey wondered if the outfit she was trying... |
| 5 | Middle English | madame | madam polite term of address or (less often) title for a noble lady |
| 6 | Old French | madame | — |
| 7 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 8 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 9 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 10 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 11 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
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 | — |