Where does “uglies” come from?
uglies (English) comes from English ugly, from Middle English ugly, from Old Norse uggligr, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
uglies (English): Ugliness; The stamps of the Indian feudatory...
Definitions
- Ugliness; The stamps of the Indian feudatory...
Ancestry of “uglies”, step by step
uglies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ugly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ugly | Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically... |
| 2 | Middle English | ugly | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | uggligr | feared; doubtful, questionable |
| 4 | Old Norse | -ligr | suffix used to create adjectives, having the... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |