Where does “breakfastlessness” come from?
breakfastlessness (English) comes from English breakfastless, from English breakfast, from Middle English brekefast, from Middle English fast, from Old English fæste, from Old English -e, from Old English -en, from Old Norse -inn — adjectival suffix.
breakfastlessness (English): Absence of breakfast
Definitions
- Absence of breakfast
Ancestry of “breakfastlessness”, step by step
breakfastlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breakfastless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breakfastless | Without breakfast |
| 2 | English | breakfast | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the... |
| 3 | Middle English | brekefast | breakfast |
| 4 | Middle English | fast | fast quickly |
| 5 | Old English | fæste | firmly, fastly, tightly |
| 6 | Old English | -e | forming adverbs from adjectives; -ly |
| 7 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 8 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 9 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
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 |