Where does “dangerousness” come from?
Dangerousness comes from Middle English -nesse, Old English -nes, Proto-Germanic -inassuz, Latin dominium, Latin dominus meaning master, and Latin domus meaning house.
dangerousness (English): The state or quality of being dangerous
Definitions
- The state or quality of being dangerous
Ancestry of “dangerousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dangerous | Full of danger; Causing danger; ready to do harm... |
| 2 | Middle English | dangerous | difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught... |
| 3 | Old French | dangereus | threatening, difficult |
| 4 | Old French | dangier | difficulty; problem; danger |
| 5 | Latin | domniārium | — |
| 6 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 7 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |