Where does “don't-careishness” come from?
don't-careishness (English) comes from English don't-careish, from English don’t, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
don't-careishness (English): The state or quality of not caring; carelessness
Definitions
- The state or quality of not caring; carelessness
Ancestry of “don't-careishness”, step by step
don't-careishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English don't-careish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | don't-careish | Not caring about something; indifferent or blasé |
| 2 | English | don’t | do not (negative auxiliary) |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
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 |