Where does “yellownape” come from?
yellownape (English) comes from English nape, from English napalm, from English naphthenic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
yellownape (English): Any of various birds with a yellow nape
Definitions
- Any of various birds with a yellow nape
Ancestry of “yellownape”, step by step
yellownape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nape | The back part of the neck; The part of a fish or... |
| 2 | English | napalm | A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed... |
| 3 | English | naphthenic | Of, pertaining to, or derived from a naphthene |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English yellow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yellow | Having yellow as its color; Lacking courage;... |
| 2 | Middle English | yelow | yellow, yellowish, gold; yellow-coloured;... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeolu | yellow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gelu | yellow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gelwaz | yellow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃wós | yellow, green |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |