Where does “displeasantness” come from?
displeasantness (English) comes from English displeasant, from Old French desplaisant, from Old French desplaire, from Old French des, from Old French de, from Latin datum, from Latin datus, from Latin dāre — to give.
displeasantness (English): The state or quality of being displeasant
Definitions
- The state or quality of being displeasant
Ancestry of “displeasantness”, step by step
displeasantness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English displeasant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | displeasant | Unpleasant, disagreeable |
| 2 | Old French | desplaisant | unpleasant; disagreeable |
| 3 | Old French | desplaire | to irritate; to anger; to strongly displease |
| 4 | Old French | des | — |
| 5 | Old French | de | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 7 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 8 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |
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 |