Where does “debatableness” come from?
debatableness (English) comes from English debatable, from Old French debatable, from English debate, from French débat, from German Debatte, from French débattre, from Middle French debatre, from Old French debatre — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
debatableness (English): The quality of being debatable
Definitions
- The quality of being debatable
Ancestry of “debatableness”, step by step
debatableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English debatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | debatable | Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed;... |
| 2 | Old French | debatable | — |
| 3 | English | debate | An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered... |
| 4 | French | débat | debate |
| 5 | German | Debatte | debate |
| 6 | French | débattre | to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle |
| 7 | Middle French | debatre | — |
| 8 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |