Where does “apartheidness” come from?
apartheidness (English) comes from English apartheid, from Afrikaans apartheid, from Dutch apartheid, from Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz.
apartheidness (English): The condition or quality of being like apartheid
Definitions
- The condition or quality of being like apartheid
Ancestry of “apartheidness”, step by step
apartheidness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English apartheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | apartheid | The policy of racial separation used by South... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | apartheid | apartheid |
| 3 | Dutch | apartheid | the state of being separate; separateness; a... |
| 4 | Dutch | -heid | -ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives,... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
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 |