Where does “backwoodsiness” come from?
backwoodsiness (English) comes from English backwoodsy, from English backwoods, from English back, from French bac, from French baccalauréat, from Medieval Latin baccalaureatus, from Latin baccalaureus, from Latin laurea — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
backwoodsiness (English): The quality of being backwoodsy
Definitions
- The quality of being backwoodsy
Ancestry of “backwoodsiness”, step by step
backwoodsiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English backwoodsy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | backwoodsy | Typical of something or someone from the... |
| 2 | English | backwoods | Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in... |
| 3 | English | back | Near the rear; Not current; Far from the main... |
| 4 | French | bac | ferry; vat; high school exit exam in France; A... |
| 5 | French | baccalauréat | baccalaureat; bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | baccalaureatus | bachelor's degree |
| 7 | Latin | baccalaureus | bachelor |
| 8 | Latin | laurea | laurel, bay tree; crown, wreath or branch of... |
| 9 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 10 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 11 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 13 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 14 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |