Where does “eventlessness” come from?
eventlessness (English) comes from English eventless, from English event, from Middle French event, from Latin ēventus, from Latin ēveniō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
eventlessness (English): The condition of being eventless; a lack of...
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- The condition of being eventless; a lack of...
Ancestry of “eventlessness”, step by step
eventlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English eventless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eventless | Without events; uneventful |
| 2 | English | event | An occurrence; something that happens; A... |
| 3 | Middle French | event | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēventus | event, occurrence, reality |
| 5 | Latin | ēveniō | to happen, occur |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
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 |