Where does “thrilly” come from?
thrilly (English) comes from English thrill, from English drill, from Middle Dutch drillen, from Old Dutch thrillen, from Proto-Germanic þriljaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.
thrilly (English): exciting, producing a thrill
Definitions
- exciting, producing a thrill
Ancestry of “thrilly”, step by step
thrilly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English thrill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thrill | To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone... |
| 2 | English | drill | To create by removing material with a drill; To... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | drillen | bore, move in a circle |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thrillen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þriljaną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
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 | — |