Where does “captivatingness” come from?
captivatingness (English) comes from English captivating, from English captivate, from Latin captivatus, from Latin captīvō, from Latin captīvus, from Latin captus, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
captivatingness (English): The state or quality of being captivating
Definitions
- The state or quality of being captivating
Ancestry of “captivatingness”, step by step
captivatingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English captivating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | captivating | that captivates; fascinating; beautiful; showing... |
| 2 | English | captivate | To attract and hold interest and attention of;... |
| 3 | Latin | captivatus | captured |
| 4 | Latin | captīvō | to capture (take captive) |
| 5 | Latin | captīvus | a captive, a prisoner |
| 6 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
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 |