Where does “countrifiedness” come from?
countrifiedness (English) comes from English countrified, from English countrify, from English -fy, from English -ify, from Middle English -ifien, from Old French -ifier, from Latin -ifico, from Latin -fico — to do, put, place.
countrifiedness (English): The quality of being countrified
Definitions
- The quality of being countrified
Ancestry of “countrifiedness”, step by step
countrifiedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English countrified
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | countrified | Rural, rustic; unsophisticated; simple past tense... |
| 2 | English | countrify | To make rural or rustic |
| 3 | English | -fy | Alternative form of -ify |
| 4 | English | -ify | To produce verbs meaning "to make" |
| 5 | Middle English | -ifien | — |
| 6 | Old French | -ifier | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ifico | Enlarged form of of -ficō; dative masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 9 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |