Where does “swarthiness” come from?
swarthiness (English) comes from English swarthy, from English swarty, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
swarthiness (English): The property of being swarthy
Definitions
- The property of being swarthy
Ancestry of “swarthiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | swarthy | Tawny, dusky, dark; Dark-skinned; Darker-skinned... |
| 2 | English | swarty | swarthy; tawny |
| 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 | — |