Where does “stonily” come from?
Stonily derives from Middle English -ly adverb suffix combined with stony, itself from Old English stānīċ (resembling stone), from Proto-Germanic stainaz (stone), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (to stand, be firm).
stonily (English): In a stony manner
Definitions
- In a stony manner
Ancestry of “stonily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stony | As hard as stone; Containing or made up of... |
| 2 | English | Tony | Any of the statuettes awarded by the American... |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |