Where does “addlepatedness” come from?
addlepatedness (English) comes from English addlepated, from English pated, from English pâté, from French pâté, from French pâte, from Middle French paste, from Old French pasté, from Latin pasta — to shake.
addlepatedness (English): The quality of being addlepated
Definitions
- The quality of being addlepated
Ancestry of “addlepatedness”, step by step
addlepatedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English addlepated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | addlepated | Addled; confused; stupid; flustered |
| 2 | English | pated | Having a pate or a particular type of pate |
| 3 | English | pâté | A finely-ground paste of meat, fish or... |
| 4 | French | pâté | paste; pâté |
| 5 | French | pâte | paste; pastry; dough; batter; pastas |
| 6 | Middle French | paste | — |
| 7 | Old French | pasté | pie or a similar baked good |
| 8 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
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 |