Where does “woody” come from?

Woody comes from English wood plus the suffix -y, which derives from Old English wudu combined with a diminutive or adjectival suffix ultimately rooted in Latin -ia and -ivus.

woody (English): Covered in woods; wooded; Belonging to the woods;...

Definitions

Covered in woods; wooded; Belonging to the woods;...

Ancestry of “woody”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	Woodrow	—
2	English	rōw	—
3	English	roll	To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to...
4	Middle English	rolle	—
5	Old French	rolle	registration
6	Medieval Latin	rotulus	a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
7	Latin	rotula	a small wheel; roll
8	Arabic	رَطْل	—
9	Classical Syriac	ܪܝܛܠܐ	—
10	Classical Syriac	ܠܝܛܪܐ	libra, pound
11	French	litre	litre
12	Medieval Latin	litra	—
13	Ancient Greek	λίτρα	litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
14	Proto-Italic	*līðrā	—

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