Where does “adversariness” come from?
adversariness (English) comes from English adversary, from Middle English adversarie, from Old French aversier, from Latin adversārius, from Latin adversus, from Latin advertō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
adversariness (English): Quality of being adversary
Definitions
- Quality of being adversary
Ancestry of “adversariness”, step by step
adversariness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adversary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adversary | An opponent or rival |
| 2 | Middle English | adversarie | — |
| 3 | Old French | aversier | — |
| 4 | Latin | adversārius | opponent, rival |
| 5 | Latin | adversus | set opposite, adverse, having been set against;... |
| 6 | Latin | advertō | to turn to or towards |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | 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 |