Where does “cuelessness” come from?
cuelessness (English) comes from English cueless, from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
cuelessness (English): Absence of cues
Definitions
- Absence of cues
Ancestry of “cuelessness”, step by step
cuelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cueless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cueless | Without a cue |
| 2 | English | cue | An action or event that is a signal for somebody... |
| 3 | English | queue | An animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |
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 |