Where does “dangerlessness” come from?
dangerlessness (English) comes from English dangerless, from English danger, from Middle English daunger, from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, from Latin domniārium, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
dangerlessness (English): Absence of danger
Definitions
- Absence of danger
Ancestry of “dangerlessness”, step by step
dangerlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dangerless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dangerless | Without danger |
| 2 | English | danger | Exposure to likely harm; peril; An instance or... |
| 3 | Middle English | daunger | danger |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | dangier | difficulty; problem; danger |
| 5 | Old French | dangier | difficulty; problem; danger |
| 6 | Latin | domniārium | — |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
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 |