Where does “adversarialness” come from?
adversarialness (English) comes from English adversarial, from Spanish adversario, from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adversarialness (English): The quality of being adversarial
Definitions
- The quality of being adversarial
Ancestry of “adversarialness”, step by step
adversarialness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adversarial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adversarial | Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an... |
| 2 | Spanish | adversario | adversary, opponent |
| 3 | Latin | adversārius | opponent, rival |
| 4 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 5 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 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 |