Where does “fadelessness” come from?
fadelessness (English) comes from English fadeless, from English fade, from Middle English fade, from Middle Dutch vade, from Old French fade, from Vulgar Latin fatidus, from Latin fatuus, from Latin fātus — to speak, to be talking.
fadelessness (English): The property of never fading
Definitions
- The property of never fading
Ancestry of “fadelessness”, step by step
fadelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fadeless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fadeless | Not fading; eternal |
| 2 | English | fade | Weak; insipid; tasteless |
| 3 | Middle English | fade | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vade | weak, faint, limp |
| 5 | Old French | fade | weak, witless |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | fatidus | — |
| 7 | Latin | fatuus | foolish, silly, simple; stupid; insipid,... |
| 8 | Latin | fātus | spoken, said, told, foretold, related, predicted; having or had spoken, etc |
| 9 | Latin | for | "defective"; I speak, talk, say |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | fāōr | speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂ti | to speak, to be talking |
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 |