silly

(Αγγλικός)

Συχνότητα

B1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈsɪli/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie. The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”).

Related words

ανόητος

σαχλός

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κουτή

χαζός

αθώος

ακατανόητος

ακατάληπτος

αποκλίνων

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