Where does “beaklessness” come from?
beaklessness (English) comes from English beakless, from English beak, from Middle English bec, from Anglo-Norman bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
beaklessness (English): Absence of a beak
Definitions
- Absence of a beak
Ancestry of “beaklessness”, step by step
beaklessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beakless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beakless | Not having a beak |
| 2 | English | beak | "Anatomical uses"; "Figurative uses"; "Colloquial... |
| 3 | Middle English | bec | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | bec | — |
| 5 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | 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 |