Where does “draggletailedness” come from?

draggletailedness (English) comes from English draggle-tailed, from English draggle, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

draggletailedness (English): The quality of being draggle-tailed

Definitions

  1. The quality of being draggle-tailed

Ancestry of “draggletailedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdraggle-tailedSlatternly, untidy, unkempt
2Englishdraggleto make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging...
3English-leA frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating...
4Middle English-el
5Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
6Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus