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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

  1. The property of being embedded

Ancestry of “embeddedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishembeddedsimple past tense and past participle of embed;...
2EnglishembedTo lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter;...
3EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
4Middle Englishbed—
5Old Englishbeddbed
6Proto-West Germanicbadibed
7Persianبدی—
8Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
9Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
10Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
11Proto-Iranian*rādi-—
12Proto-Iranian*rād-—
13Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
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