Where does “ceaselessness” come from?
ceaselessness (English) comes from English ceaseless, from English cease, from Middle English cesen, from Middle French cesser, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessō, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō.
ceaselessness (English): The condition of being ceaseless; endlessness,...
Definitions
- The condition of being ceaseless; endlessness,...
Ancestry of “ceaselessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ceaseless | Without an end; Without stop or pause, incessant |
| 2 | English | cease | To stop; To stop doing; To be wanting; to fail;... |
| 3 | Middle English | cesen | — |
| 4 | Middle French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 5 | Old French | cesser | to cease; to stop |
| 6 | Latin | cessō | to stop, desist, halt, cease |
| 7 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 10 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |