Where does “embeddedness” come from?
Embeddedness derives from English embedded plus the Middle English suffix -nesse, from Old English -nes, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inassuz and -inōną, denoting a quality or state of condition.
embeddedness (English): The property of being embedded
Definitions
- The property of being embedded
Ancestry of “embeddedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | embedded | simple past tense and past participle of embed;... |
| 2 | English | embed | To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter;... |
| 3 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 4 | Middle English | bed | — |
| 5 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 7 | Persian | بدی | — |
| 8 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |