Where does “beatlessness” come from?
beatlessness (English) comes from English beatless, from English beat, from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
beatlessness (English): Absence of a beat in music
Definitions
- Absence of a beat in music
Ancestry of “beatlessness”, step by step
beatlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beatless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beatless | Having no beat |
| 2 | English | beat | A stroke; a blow; A pulsation or throb; A pulse... |
| 3 | Middle English | beten | To beat; to repeatedly strike or hit |
| 4 | Old English | bēatan | to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
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 |