Where does “defactualization” come from?
defactualization (English) comes from English factualization, from English factualize, from English factual, from English fact, from English factness, from English -ness, from Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
defactualization (English): The removal of facts
Definitions
- The removal of facts
Ancestry of “defactualization”, step by step
defactualization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English factualization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | factualization | The addition or correction of facts; The process... |
| 2 | English | factualize | To make factual |
| 3 | English | factual | Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims;... |
| 4 | English | fact | Something actual as opposed to invented;... |
| 5 | English | factness | The quality of being based on facts; The quality... |
| 6 | English | -ness | Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the... |
| 7 | Middle English | -nesse | Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns... |
| 8 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |