Where does “definitionlessness” come from?
definitionlessness (English) comes from English definitionless, from English definition, from Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from Latin dēfīniō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
definitionlessness (English): Lack of definition
Ancestry of “definitionlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | definitionless | Without a definition; Lacking definition; blurry... |
| 2 | English | definition | A statement of the meaning of a word or word... |
| 3 | Middle English | diffinicioun | — |
| 4 | Middle French | definition | definition |
| 5 | Latin | dēfīnītiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | dēfīniō | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |