Where does “tipsy” come from?
Tipsy derives from English tip with the suffix -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia and -ivus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.
tipsy (English): slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a...
Definitions
- slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a...
Ancestry of “tipsy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tips | plural of tip; Third-person singular simple... |
Words derived from “tipsy”