Etymology

softy

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Today it means: A weak or sentimental person. Full definition →

English soft ← Middle English softe ← Old English sōfte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  4. Old Englishsōfte
  5. Middle Englishsofte
  6. Englishsoft
  7. English todaysofty

From soft + -y.

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