Etymology

tomboyishness

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Today it means: The state or condition of being tomboyish; the behaviour of a tomboy. Full definition →

English tomboyish ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia
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  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Englishtom
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  10. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  12. Old English*bōia
  13. Middle Englishboye
  14. Englishboy
  15. Englishtomboy
  16. Englishtomboyish
  17. English todaytomboyishness

From tomboyish + -ness.

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