Etymology

Buffyverse

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Today it means: The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Full definition →

English universebf. ← Middle English universe ← Old French univers
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  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔil-
  2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (el)
  3. Biblical Hebrewנִשְׁבַּע (nishbá)
  4. Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)
  5. Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ (Elisábet)
  6. Middle EnglishElizabeth
  7. EnglishElizabeth
  8. EnglishBuffy
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  11. Proto-Italic*oinos
  12. Old Latinoinos
  13. Latinūnus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥ttós
  16. Proto-Italic*worssos
  17. Latinvorsus
  18. Latinversus
  19. Latinūniversus
  20. Old Frenchunivers
  21. Middle Englishuniverse
  22. Englishuniversebf.
  23. English todayBuffyverse

From Buffy + -verse.

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