Where does “showery” come from?

Showery derives from English shower, which comes from English show, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -are, from Latin -arius, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

showery (English): Given to showers; having frequent rainfall; Of or...

Definitions

  1. Given to showers; having frequent rainfall; Of or...

Ancestry of “showery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “showery”

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