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Where does “spongeworthiness” come from?

spongeworthiness (English) comes from English spongeworthy, from English sponge, from Old English spunge, from Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

spongeworthiness (English): The quality of being spongeworthy

Definitions

  1. The quality of being spongeworthy

Ancestry of “spongeworthiness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspongeworthyHighly sexually desirable
2EnglishspongeAny of various marine invertebrates, mostly of...
3Old Englishspunge—
4LatinspongiaA sponge; pumice, or other things resembling a...
5Ancient Greekσπογγιάsponge
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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