Where does “divisionlessness” come from?
divisionlessness (English) comes from English divisionless, from English division, from Middle English divisioun, from Old French division, from Latin divisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
divisionlessness (English): Absence of divisions
Definitions
- Absence of divisions
Ancestry of “divisionlessness”, step by step
divisionlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English divisionless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | divisionless | Without divisions; undivided |
| 2 | English | division | The act or process of dividing anything; Each of... |
| 3 | Middle English | divisioun | Division, forking, separation; the action of... |
| 4 | Old French | division | — |
| 5 | Latin | divisio | division; distribution |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | 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 |