Where does “dauntingness” come from?
dauntingness (English) comes from English daunting, from English daunt, from Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitō, from Latin domō, from Proto-Italic domaō, from Ido domajo — damage or injury; loss; a fine.
dauntingness (English): The quality of being daunting
Definitions
- The quality of being daunting
Ancestry of “dauntingness”, step by step
dauntingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English daunting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daunting | Discouraging; inspiring fear; Intimidatingly... |
| 2 | English | daunt | To discourage, intimidate; To overwhelm |
| 3 | Middle English | daunten | To attain victory and control over; to subjugate;... |
| 4 | Old French | danter | — |
| 5 | Latin | domitō | to tame |
| 6 | Latin | domō | to tame, break in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | domaō | tame; subdue |
| 8 | Ido | domajo | damage, injury, harm, accident |
| 9 | Ido | domajar | to damage; to injure, harm, impair, spoil |
| 10 | English | damage | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of... |
| 11 | Middle English | damage | damage, harm, injury |
| 12 | Old French | damage | damage; injury, hurt, insult |
| 13 | Old Occitan | damnatge | damage; harm, etc |
| 14 | Vulgar Latin | damnaticum | damage |
| 15 | Latin | damnum | damage or injury; loss; a fine |
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 |