Where does “contrastlessness” come from?
contrastlessness (English) comes from English contrastless, from English contrast, from French contraster, from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī — where.
contrastlessness (English): Absence of contrast
Definitions
- Absence of contrast
Ancestry of “contrastlessness”, step by step
contrastlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contrastless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contrastless | Lacking contrast |
| 2 | English | contrast | A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue... |
| 3 | French | contraster | to contrast |
| 4 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 5 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 7 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 8 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
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 |