Where does “disgustingness” come from?
disgustingness (English) comes from English disgusting, from English disgust, from Catalan dis-, from Ancient Greek δῠσ-, from Latin calculāre, from Latin calculus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
disgustingness (English): The state or quality of being disgusting
Definitions
- The state or quality of being disgusting
Ancestry of “disgustingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | disgusting | Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful; present... |
| 2 | English | disgust | To cause an intense dislike for something; An... |
| 3 | Catalan | dis- | dys-; Indicates negation |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 5 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |