Where does “uncrisp” come from?
uncrisp (English) comes from English crisp, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.
uncrisp (English): Not crisp
Definitions
- Not crisp
Ancestry of “uncrisp”, step by step
uncrisp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crisp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crisp | Sharp, clearly defined; Brittle; friable; in a... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |