Where does “fervourlessness” come from?
fervourlessness (English) comes from English fervourless, from English fervour, from Old French fervor, from Latin fervor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
fervourlessness (English): Lack of fervour
Definitions
- Lack of fervour
Ancestry of “fervourlessness”, step by step
fervourlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fervourless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fervourless | Without fervour |
| 2 | English | fervour | An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour; A... |
| 3 | Old French | fervor | — |
| 4 | Latin | fervor | boiling heat; fermenting; ardour, passion, fury |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |