Where does “factlessness” come from?
factlessness (English) comes from English factless, from English fact, from English factness, from English -ness, from Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
factlessness (English): Quality of being factless; absence of fact
Definitions
- Quality of being factless; absence of fact
Ancestry of “factlessness”, step by step
factlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English factless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | factless | Lacking facts; inaccurate or fictional |
| 2 | English | fact | Something actual as opposed to invented;... |
| 3 | English | factness | The quality of being based on facts; The quality... |
| 4 | English | -ness | Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the... |
| 5 | Middle English | -nesse | Affixed to adjectives to form abstract nouns... |
| 6 | Old English | -nes | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 |