Where does “closefistedness” come from?
closefistedness (English) comes from English closefisted, from English close, from Middle English closen, from Old English clȳsan, from Old English klūsijan, from Latin clausum, from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere — close.
closefistedness (English): The state or condition of being closefisted
Definitions
- The state or condition of being closefisted
Ancestry of “closefistedness”, step by step
closefistedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English closefisted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | closefisted | Unwilling to spend money; stingy |
| 2 | English | close | To remove a gap; To finish, to terminate; To come... |
| 3 | Middle English | closen | to close, enclose |
| 4 | Old English | clȳsan | to close, shut |
| 5 | Old English | klūsijan | to close, shut in |
| 6 | Latin | clausum | enclosed space, enclosure; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 8 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 9 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
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 |