{"era":"current","word":"thingy","meaning":"an informal placeholder noun for an unnamed thing","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"thing","meaning":"a matter, object, or affair","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"1200s","word":"-y","meaning":"a colloquial noun-forming or diminutive suffix","children":[],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}