Where does “anhydrousness” come from?
anhydrousness (English) comes from English anhydrous, from English an-, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
anhydrousness (English): The quality of being anhydrous
Definitions
- The quality of being anhydrous
Ancestry of “anhydrousness”, step by step
anhydrousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English anhydrous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | anhydrous | Having little or no water; Having no water of... |
| 2 | English | an- | Alternative form of on-; not; used to make words... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | 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 |