Where does “voicy” come from?
voicy (English) comes 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, from Japanese 目.
voicy (English): Relating to the voice, or using the voice; vocal
Definitions
- Relating to the voice, or using the voice; vocal
Ancestry of “voicy”, step by step
voicy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via English voice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voice | Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human... |
| 2 | Middle English | voys | A voice; the sound a human or other speaking... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | voiz | voice |
| 4 | Latin | vocem | accusative singular of vōx; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | vox | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |