Where does “woolly” come from?
Woolly comes from English woolly back, a term of unknown origin and meaning.
woolly (English): Made of wool; Having a thick, soft texture, as if...
Definitions
- Made of wool; Having a thick, soft texture, as if...
Ancestry of “woolly”, step by step
woolly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English wolly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wolly | — |
via English woolly back
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woolly back | A non-Liverpudlian person who travels to... |