Where does “digressiveness” come from?
digressiveness (English) comes from English digressive, from English digress, from Latin digressum, from Latin digredi, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
digressiveness (English): The quality or state of being digressive
Definitions
- The quality or state of being digressive
Ancestry of “digressiveness”, step by step
digressiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English digressive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | digressive | Marked by digression; rambling |
| 2 | English | digress | To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve;... |
| 3 | Latin | digressum | nominative neuter singular of dīgressus;... |
| 4 | Latin | digredi | present active infinitive of dīgredior; to step... |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | 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 |