Where does “appetitiveness” come from?
appetitiveness (English) comes from English appetitive, from English appetite, from Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit, from Latin appetitus, from Latin appetō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
appetitiveness (English): The fact or quality of being appetitive
Definitions
- The fact or quality of being appetitive
Ancestry of “appetitiveness”, step by step
appetitiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English appetitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appetitive | Having the quality of desiring gratification |
| 2 | English | appetite | Desire to eat food or consume drink; Any strong... |
| 3 | Middle English | appetit | — |
| 4 | Old French | apetit | appetite |
| 5 | Latin | appetitus | an attack, assault; passionate desire or longing;... |
| 6 | Latin | appetō | to strive for, reach after (something), try to get |
| 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 |