Where does “damagingness” come from?
damagingness (English) comes from English damaging, from English damage, from Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Old Occitan damnatge, from Vulgar Latin damnaticum, from Latin damnum, from Proto-Italic dapnom — to share, divide.
damagingness (English): The state or condition of doing damage
Definitions
- The state or condition of doing damage
Ancestry of “damagingness”, step by step
damagingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English damaging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | damaging | present participle of damage; Harmful; injurious;... |
| 2 | English | damage | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of... |
| 3 | Middle English | damage | damage, harm, injury |
| 4 | Old French | damage | damage; injury, hurt, insult |
| 5 | Old Occitan | damnatge | damage; harm, etc |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | damnaticum | damage |
| 7 | Latin | damnum | damage or injury; loss; a fine |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dapnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dh₂pnóm | expense, investment |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
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 |