Where does “ancillariness” come from?
ancillariness (English) comes from English ancillary, from Latin ancillāris, from Latin ancilla, from Latin ancula, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ancillariness (English): The quality of being ancillary
Definitions
- The quality of being ancillary
Ancestry of “ancillariness”, step by step
ancillariness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ancillary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ancillary | Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary; Something that... |
| 2 | Latin | ancillāris | ancillary; maids |
| 3 | Latin | ancilla | maid, slave-girl |
| 4 | Latin | ancula | maidservant |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |