Where does “seafoody” come from?
seafoody (English) comes from English seafood, from English sea, from Middle English see, from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
seafoody (English): Resembling or characteristic of seafood
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of seafood
Ancestry of “seafoody”, step by step
seafoody traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seafood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seafood | Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible... |
| 2 | English | sea | A large body of salt water; A lake, especially if... |
| 3 | Middle English | see | sea, ocean; A body of water, a lake; seat, chair |
| 4 | Old English | sǣ | sea, lake |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | saiwi | sea |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | saiwiz | sea, ocean |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sīhwaną | to filter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |
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 | — |