Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
goodie en · INTJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz
Proto-West Germanic *gōd
Old English gōd
Middle English good
English good
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English -ie
English goodie
From good + -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of goody.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz
Proto-West Germanic *gōd
Old English gōd
Middle English good
English good
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English -ie
English goodie
From good + -ie (nominal suffix).
Meanings
(informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.
All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know who are the goodies and who are the baddies. 1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are. 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 127:
(alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of goody.
ru положи́тельный геро́й (a good character in a story) · pt mocinho (a good character in a story) · es bueno (a good character in a story) · fi sankari (a good character in a story) · ru до́брый (a good character in a story) · fr gentil (a good character in a story) · ru хоро́ший (a good character in a story)