Where does “fissileness” come from?
fissileness (English) comes from English fissile, from Latin fissilis, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
fissileness (English): The quality of being fissile
Definitions
- The quality of being fissile
Ancestry of “fissileness”, step by step
fissileness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fissile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fissile | Able to be split; Easily split along a grain;... |
| 2 | Latin | fissilis | able to be split |
| 3 | Latin | findō | to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
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 |