Where does “finlessness” come from?
finlessness (English) comes from English finless, from English fin, from English finasteride, from English -steride, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.
finlessness (English): Absence of fins
Definitions
- Absence of fins
Ancestry of “finlessness”, step by step
finlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English finless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | finless | Lacking a fin or fins; without fins |
| 2 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 3 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 4 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 5 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 6 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 7 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
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 |