Where does “actionlessness” come from?
actionlessness (English) comes from English actionless, from English action, from Middle English accioun, from Old French aucion, from Latin āctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
actionlessness (English): Absence of action
Definitions
- Absence of action
Ancestry of “actionlessness”, step by step
actionlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English actionless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | actionless | Lacking action; particularly with respect to... |
| 2 | English | action | Something done, often so as to accomplish a... |
| 3 | Middle English | accioun | An action; an act, behaviour or attribute |
| 4 | Old French | aucion | action; act; deed |
| 5 | Latin | āctiō | action; a doing or performing, behavior |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |