Where does “adorkableness” come from?
adorkableness (English) comes from English adorkable, from English adorable, from French adorable, from Latin adorabilis, from Latin adōrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adorkableness (English): The quality of being adorkable
Definitions
- The quality of being adorkable
Ancestry of “adorkableness”, step by step
adorkableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adorkable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adorkable | Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner |
| 2 | English | adorable | Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable |
| 3 | French | adorable | adorable |
| 4 | Latin | adorabilis | worthy of adoration |
| 5 | Latin | adōrō | to speak to, accost, address; negotiate a matter with |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |