Where does “styrofoamy” come from?
styrofoamy (English) comes from English styrofoam, from English foam, from Middle English fom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poHy-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)- — to succeed, to prosper.
styrofoamy (English): Resembling or characteristic of styrofoam
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of styrofoam
Ancestry of “styrofoamy”, step by step
styrofoamy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English styrofoam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | styrofoam | Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in... |
| 2 | English | foam | A substance composed of a large collection of... |
| 3 | Middle English | fom | Alternative form of fome |
| 4 | Old English | fām | foam |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *faim | foam, froth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faimaz | foam |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)poHy-m-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)poH(y)- | foam |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |