Where does “exquisitiveness” come from?
exquisitiveness (English) comes from English exquisitive, from Latin exquīsītus, from Latin exquiro, from Latin quaerō, from Proto-Italic kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₂- — to acquire.
exquisitiveness (English): The state or quality of being exquisitive
Definitions
- The state or quality of being exquisitive
Ancestry of “exquisitiveness”, step by step
exquisitiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exquisitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exquisitive | Eager to discover or learn; curious |
| 2 | Latin | exquīsītus | sought out, searched for, hunted up, ascertained, having been sought out |
| 3 | Latin | exquiro | I seek out, search for or hunt up; I inquire into |
| 4 | Latin | quaerō | to seek, look for |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |
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 |