Where does “Neapolitanness” come from?
Neapolitanness (English) comes from English Neapolitan, from Latin neāpolītānus, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις, from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide.
Neapolitanness (English): The quality of being Neapolitan
Definitions
- The quality of being Neapolitan
Ancestry of “Neapolitanness”, step by step
Neapolitanness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Neapolitan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Neapolitan | Designating an ice cream combination of the flavours chocolate, vanilla and strawberry in order. Until the mid-20th century the flavours were pistachio, vanilla |
| 2 | Latin | neāpolītānus | Neapolitan; of or belonging to Naples |
| 3 | Latin | Neāpolis | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Νεάπολις | Any one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νέος | young; youthful; new, fresh |
| 6 | Latin | fēlēs | cat |
| 7 | Hungarian | fél | to fear, to be afraid of something; to fear... |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | pide | tall |
| 9 | Finnish | pitää | to hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be... |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | pitädäk | to hold, to grasp; to keep |
| 11 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | pitä- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |