Where does “cariousness” come from?
cariousness (English) comes from English carious, from French carieux, from French carie, from Latin cariēs, from Latin careō, from Proto-Italic kazēō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
cariousness (English): the state or quality of being carious, an...
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- the state or quality of being carious, an...
Ancestry of “cariousness”, step by step
cariousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English carious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carious | Having caries decayed, rotten |
| 2 | French | carieux | carious |
| 3 | French | carie | decay uncountable, cavity countable process or result of bone or teeth being gradually decomposed |
| 4 | Latin | cariēs | decay, rot, rottenness, corruption |
| 5 | Latin | careō | to lack, be without. (usually with ablative), to be deprived of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kazēō | to lack |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; 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 |