Wavy
/ˈweɪ.vi/noun
Having waves or a rippled, undulating form.
Did you know?‘Wavy’ comes from ‘wave,’ a word ultimately tied to a deep Indo-European root meaning to move back and forth, the same ancient motion behind several everyday words.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weh₁-
“to blow, move, or sway”
Old English
OE
wafian
“to wave, fluctuate, or move to and fro”
Middle English
ME
wave
“a moving swell of water; a waving motion”
16th Century
English
wavy
“having the form or motion of waves”
Modern English
English
wavy
“having waves or a rippled, undulating form”