Where does “silvery” come from?

Silvery derives from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, a diminutive or adjectival suffix forming words with qualities of the base noun.

silvery (English): Resembling silver in color, shiny white;...

Definitions

  1. Resembling silver in color, shiny white;...

Ancestry of “silvery”, 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 “silvery”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →