Where does “toothachy” come from?
toothachy (English) comes from English toothache, from English ache, from Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
toothachy (English): Suffering from a toothache
Definitions
- Suffering from a toothache
Ancestry of “toothachy”, step by step
toothachy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toothache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toothache | A pain or ache in a tooth |
| 2 | English | ache | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in,... |
| 3 | Middle English | ache | Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury; A plant... |
| 4 | Old French | ache | — |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
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 | — |