Where does “femalelessness” come from?
femalelessness (English) comes from English femaleless, from English female, from Middle English female, from Middle English femelle, from Old French femelle, from Medieval Latin femella, from Latin femella, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
femalelessness (English): Absence of females
Definitions
- Absence of females
Ancestry of “femalelessness”, step by step
femalelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English femaleless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | femaleless | Devoid of females |
| 2 | English | female | Belonging to the sex which typically produces... |
| 3 | Middle English | female | — |
| 4 | Middle English | femelle | — |
| 5 | Old French | femelle | female |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | femella | a female; girl, young woman; vocative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | femella | girl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;... |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |