Where does “detractiveness” come from?
detractiveness (English) comes from English detractive, from English detract, from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractum, from Latin detraho, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ- — to run.
detractiveness (English): The quality of being detractive
Definitions
- The quality of being detractive
Ancestry of “detractiveness”, step by step
detractiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English detractive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | detractive | Tending to detract or draw; Tending to lower in... |
| 2 | English | detract | To take away; to withdraw or remove; To take... |
| 3 | Middle French | détracter | — |
| 4 | Latin | detractum | nominative neuter singular of dētractus;... |
| 5 | Latin | detraho | I draw, pull, take or drag off, down or away;... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
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 |