Where does “soylent green” come from?
soylent green (English) comes from English soylent, from English lentils, from English lentil, from Middle English lentile, from Old French lentille, from Vulgar Latin lenticla, from Latin lenticula, from Latin -ella — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
soylent green (English): Any foodstuff of dubious nature or origin
Definitions
- Any foodstuff of dubious nature or origin
Ancestry of “soylent green”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soylent | An undesirable, lackluster, and artificial... |
| 2 | English | lentils | plural of lentil |
| 3 | English | lentil | Any of several plants of the genus "Lens",... |
| 4 | Middle English | lentile | The seed of the lentil used as food |
| 5 | Old French | lentille | lentil |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | lenticla | — |
| 7 | Latin | lenticula | lentil |
| 8 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |