Where does “featurelessness” come from?
featurelessness (English) comes from English featureless, from English feature, from Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factura, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō.
featurelessness (English): The state or condition of being featureless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being featureless
Ancestry of “featurelessness”, step by step
featurelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English featureless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | featureless | Without distinguishing features |
| 2 | English | feature | One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily... |
| 3 | Middle English | feture | One's form or bodily profile; the overall... |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | feture | Alternative form of faiture |
| 5 | Old French | faiture | action; act; method; way; manner; form;... |
| 6 | Latin | factura | a making, manufacture; a thing that has been... |
| 7 | Latin | factus | done, made, having been done or made; became |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |