Where does “crewlessness” come from?
crewlessness (English) comes from English crewless, from English crew, from Middle English crue, from Old French creue, from Old French croistre, from Latin crēscō, from Proto-Italic krēskō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
crewlessness (English): Absence of a crew
Definitions
- Absence of a crew
Ancestry of “crewlessness”, step by step
crewlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crewless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crewless | without a crew; unmanned |
| 2 | English | crew | A group of people together; A person in a crew;... |
| 3 | Middle English | crue | — |
| 4 | Old French | creue | increase; augmentation; recruit; feminine... |
| 5 | Old French | croistre | to increase; to augment |
| 6 | Latin | crēscō | to rise, grow, grow up; prosper, thrive; increase, multiply, augment |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | krēskō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
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 |