Where does “effectlessness” come from?
effectlessness (English) comes from English effectless, from English effect, from Middle English effect, from Old French effect, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
effectlessness (English): The quality of being effectless
Definitions
- The quality of being effectless
Ancestry of “effectlessness”, step by step
effectlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English effectless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | effectless | Having no effect or advantage |
| 2 | English | effect | The result or outcome of a cause; Impression left... |
| 3 | Middle English | effect | — |
| 4 | Old French | effect | effect; judgment; decree |
| 5 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 6 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
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 |