Where does “commalessness” come from?
commalessness (English) comes from English commaless, from English comma, from German Komma, from Spanish coma, from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα, from Ancient Greek κόπτω, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- — to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...
commalessness (English): The quality of being commaless
Definitions
- The quality of being commaless
Ancestry of “commalessness”, step by step
commalessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English commaless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | commaless | Without a comma; Being a code of a kind that... |
| 2 | English | comma | The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set... |
| 3 | German | Komma | comma |
| 4 | Spanish | coma | comma; misericord; section |
| 5 | Latin | comma | a caesura |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόμμα | a stamp or impression of a coin, coinage; that... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κόπτω | strike; cut; shake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |
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 |