English
forty weepy weepy
Forty weepy weepy comes from German fort ‘forth’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentfort‘forth’
- Englishtodayforty weepy weepy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentfort‘forth’
- Englishtodayforty weepy weepy
The story
Enigma machines had no number keys, so the letter y marked the letters to be interpreted as numbers.
Every English word from German fort
Today it means
noun The cryptanalysis of an Enigma message which was a continuation of a previous message sent at a known time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German fort / forty weepy weepy