Where does “surgy” come from?
surgy (English) comes from English surge, from Middle English surgen, from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir, from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
surgy (English): Rising in surges or billows; full of surges;...
Definitions
- Rising in surges or billows; full of surges;...
Ancestry of “surgy”, step by step
surgy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English surge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | surge | A sudden transient rush, flood or increase; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | surgen | — |
| 3 | Middle French | sourgir | — |
| 4 | Old French | surgir | to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land |
| 5 | Old Catalan | surgir | — |
| 6 | Latin | surgō | to rise; to arise; to rise from bed; to get up; to stand up |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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 | — |