Where does “shambly” come from?
shambly (English) comes from English shamble, from Middle English schambyll, from Old English sċeamol, from Proto-Germanic skamulaz, from Latin scamellum, from Latin scabellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
shambly (English): Shambling; not coordinated or graceful; clumsy
Definitions
- Shambling; not coordinated or graceful; clumsy
Ancestry of “shambly”, step by step
shambly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shamble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shamble | To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet; One... |
| 2 | Middle English | schambyll | Alternative form of schamel |
| 3 | Old English | sċeamol | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skamulaz | — |
| 5 | Latin | scamellum | — |
| 6 | Latin | scabellum | footstool; a kind of percussion instrument played... |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 | — |