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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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... |