Where does “erogenousness” come from?
erogenousness (English) comes from English erogenous, from English -genous, from English -gen, from French -gène, from Latin -genus, from Ancient Greek -γενής, from Ancient Greek -είᾱ, from Ancient Greek -ής — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
erogenousness (English): The state or quality of being erogenous
Definitions
- The state or quality of being erogenous
Ancestry of “erogenousness”, step by step
erogenousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English erogenous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | erogenous | Sensitive to sexual arousal; Causing sexual... |
| 2 | English | -genous | Producing or yielding |
| 3 | English | -gen | A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen |
| 4 | French | -gène | -gen, -genic |
| 5 | Latin | -genus | born from, sprung form |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γενής | born in a certain place or condition; of a kind |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |