English
ach-y-fi
Ach-y-fi comes from Welsh ych a fi ‘yuck’.
- Welshc. 1500–presentych a fi‘yuck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906ach-y-fi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentych a fi‘yuck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1906ach-y-fi
Earliest quotation: 1906, Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe, The 'Liliwen': “Ach-y-fi! there's something mean in that marrying again, to…”
The story
Borrowed from Welsh ych a fi with alteration due to the conflating of unstressed a with the Welsh vowel y.
Every English word from Welsh ych a fi
Today it means
intj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh ych a fi / ach-y-fi