Where does “disaffectedness” come from?
disaffectedness (English) comes from English disaffected, from English disaffect, from English affect, from Middle English affect, from Latin affectus, from Latin afficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
disaffectedness (English): The quality of being disaffected
Definitions
- The quality of being disaffected
Ancestry of “disaffectedness”, step by step
disaffectedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English disaffected
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | disaffected | simple past tense and past participle of... |
| 2 | English | disaffect | To cause a loss of affection, sympathy or loyalty... |
| 3 | English | affect | To influence or alter; To move to emotion; Of an... |
| 4 | Middle English | affect | — |
| 5 | Latin | affectus | affection, mood, emotion, feeling; affection,... |
| 6 | Latin | afficiō | to cause someone to experience something; to visit, inflict, bestow |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |