Where does “soggy” come from?
Soggy comes from Middle English -y, Middle French -ie, Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately deriving from a suffix-forming morpheme of uncertain original semantic content.
soggy (English): Soaked with moisture or other liquid
Definitions
- Soaked with moisture or other liquid
Ancestry of “soggy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | SOG | Initialism of speed over ground |
| 2 | Old Norse | söggr | dank, wet |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sawwijaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sawwą | juice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | saw- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
Words derived from “soggy”