Where does “turquoisey” come from?
turquoisey (English) comes from English turquoise, from Middle French turquoise, from Old French turquois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
turquoisey (English): Somewhat turquoise
Definitions
- Somewhat turquoise
Ancestry of “turquoisey”, step by step
turquoisey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English turquoise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | turquoise | A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray... |
| 2 | Middle French | turquoise | turquoise precious stone |
| 3 | Old French | turquois | Turkish |
| 4 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
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 | — |