Where does “yummy” come from?

Yummy derives from English yum, a Middle English formation with the suffix -y, ultimately tracing through Middle French -ie, Latin -ia and -ivus, to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

yummy (English): Delicious; Ellipsis of yummy mummy

Definitions

  1. Delicious; Ellipsis of yummy mummy

Ancestry of “yummy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “yummy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →