Where does “affectiveness” come from?
affectiveness (English) comes from English affective, from Medieval Latin affectivus, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
affectiveness (English): The property of being affective
Definitions
- The property of being affective
Ancestry of “affectiveness”, step by step
affectiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English affective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | affective | Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | affectivus | affective; of willing or desiring |
| 3 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 4 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |