Where does “tasselly” come from?
tasselly (English) comes from English tassel, from Middle English tassel, from Old French tassel, from Late Latin taxellus, from Latin taxillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
tasselly (English): Resembling or characteristic of a tassel
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a tassel
Ancestry of “tasselly”, step by step
tasselly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tassel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tassel | A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise... |
| 2 | Middle English | tassel | — |
| 3 | Old French | tassel | tassel (adornment for a garment) |
| 4 | Late Latin | taxellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | taxillus | small cube |
| 6 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 | — |