Where does “shaggytuft” come from?
shaggytuft (English) comes from English shaggy, from English shag, from English shower, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
shaggytuft (English): A rug made of cotton shag
Definitions
- A rug made of cotton shag
Ancestry of “shaggytuft”, step by step
shaggytuft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shaggy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shaggy | With long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool;... |
| 2 | English | shag | Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc;... |
| 3 | English | shower | A brief fall of precipitation; A device for... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |