Where does “bloomingness” come from?
bloomingness (English) comes from English blooming, from English bloom, from Middle English blome, from Old English blōma, from Proto-Germanic blōmô, from Proto-Germanic blōaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
bloomingness (English): A blooming condition
Definitions
- A blooming condition
Ancestry of “bloomingness”, step by step
bloomingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blooming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blooming | present participle of bloom; Opening in blossoms;... |
| 2 | English | bloom | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded... |
| 3 | Middle English | blome | A bloom; the flower of a plant; Blooming;... |
| 4 | Old English | blōma | flower; lump of metal; lump of iron; lump of... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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 |