Where does “encouragingness” come from?
encouragingness (English) comes from English encouraging, from English encourage, from Middle English encouragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
encouragingness (English): The quality of being encouraging
Definitions
- The quality of being encouraging
Ancestry of “encouragingness”, step by step
encouragingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encouraging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encouraging | giving courage, confidence or hope; supporting by... |
| 2 | English | encourage | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage,... |
| 3 | Middle English | encouragen | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | encoragier | to encourage |
| 5 | Old French | encoragier | to encourage |
| 6 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |