English
teachy
From teach + -y, q.v.
Formed from teach + -y
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to show’
Proto-Germanic *taikijaną ‘to show’
Proto-West Germanic *taikijan
Old English tǣċan ‘to show’
Middle English techen ‘to teach’
English teach
Today it means
adj Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “teachy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / teachy