Where does “discreditableness” come from?
discreditableness (English) comes from English discreditable, from English discredit, from French discrédit, from French discréditer, from French crédit, from Italian credito, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō — to do, put, place.
discreditableness (English): Quality of being discreditable
Definitions
- Quality of being discreditable
Ancestry of “discreditableness”, step by step
discreditableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English discreditable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | discreditable | Able to be discredited; Low, mean, bringing... |
| 2 | English | discredit | To harm the good reputation of a person; to cause... |
| 3 | French | discrédit | disrepute |
| 4 | French | discréditer | to discredit |
| 5 | French | crédit | credit; course credit |
| 6 | Italian | credito | credit |
| 7 | Latin | crēditum | a loan |
| 8 | Latin | crēdō | to believe, to trust in, to give credence to |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | krezdō | to believe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱréddʰh₁eti | to believe, trust |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰh₁eti | Forms resultative verbs |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |