Where does “synthpoppy” come from?
synthpoppy (English) comes from English synthpop, from English synth, from English synthetic, from French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις, from Ancient Greek συντίθημι, from Ancient Greek σῠν- — beside, with.
synthpoppy (English): Resembling or characteristic of synthpop music
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of synthpop music
Ancestry of “synthpoppy”, step by step
synthpoppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English synthpop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | synthpop | A style of popular music in which the synthesizer... |
| 2 | English | synth | A musical synthesizer; To play on a musical... |
| 3 | English | synthetic | Of, or relating to synthesis; Produced by... |
| 4 | French | synthétique | synthetic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | συνθετικός | skilled in putting together, constructive;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σύνθεσις | a putting together, composition, combination,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | συντίθημι | to assemble, put together |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | beside, with |
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 | — |