Where does “adlessness” come from?
adlessness (English) comes from English adless, from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
adlessness (English): Absence of advertisements
Definitions
- Absence of advertisements
Ancestry of “adlessness”, step by step
adlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adless | Without ads |
| 2 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 3 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 4 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 5 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 6 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 7 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 8 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
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 |