Where does “adventurelessness” come from?
adventurelessness (English) comes from English adventureless, from English adventure, from Middle English aventure, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin adventura, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō — in.
adventurelessness (English): Lack of adventure
Definitions
- Lack of adventure
Ancestry of “adventurelessness”, step by step
adventurelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adventureless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adventureless | Without adventure; uneventful |
| 2 | English | adventure | The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in... |
| 3 | Middle English | aventure | fate, chance; event, experience; danger, risk |
| 4 | Old French | aventure | event, happening, adventure |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | adventura | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | adventurus | adventure; about to arrive; an adventure |
| 7 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 8 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 9 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | 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 |