Where does “familylessness” come from?

familylessness (English) comes from English familyless, from English family, from Middle English famylye, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

familylessness (English): The state or condition of being familyless

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being familyless

Ancestry of “familylessness”, step by step

familylessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English familyless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfamilylessWithout a family
2EnglishfamilyA group of people who are closely related to one...
3Middle Englishfamylyefamily
4Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
5Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
6Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-Every word from Proto-Italic famelos