Where does “castrativeness” come from?
castrativeness (English) comes from English castrative, from English castrate, from Latin castrātus, from Latin castrō, from Proto-Italic kastrāō, from Proto-Italic kastrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱos-tróm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱes- — to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to...
castrativeness (English): The quality of being castrative
Definitions
- The quality of being castrative
Ancestry of “castrativeness”, step by step
castrativeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English castrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | castrative | Causing castration |
| 2 | English | castrate | A castrated man; a eunuch; To remove the... |
| 3 | Latin | castrātus | castrated, emasculated |
| 4 | Latin | castrō | to prune |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kastrāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kastrom | knife |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱos-tróm | — |
| 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 |