Etymograph

English

Etsian

Etsian comes from English si ‘huh, yes’.

  1. English1500–presentsi‘huh, yes’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Etsian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentsi‘huh, yes’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Etsian

Earliest quotation: 2013, Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity: “Etsying, as any Etsian (as Etsy sellers call themselves)…”

Formed from w:Etsy + -ian ‘one from, belonging to’

Every English word from English si

Today it means

noun A seller on the American e-commerce service Etsy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English si / Etsian

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