Where does “flaccidness” come from?
flaccidness (English) comes from English flaccid, from Latin flaccidus, from Latin flacceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
flaccidness (English): The quality of being flaccid
Definitions
- The quality of being flaccid
Ancestry of “flaccidness”, step by step
flaccidness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flaccid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flaccid | Flabby; Soft; floppy; Lacking energy or vigor |
| 2 | Latin | flaccidus | flaccid, flabby, pendulous; languid, feeble, weak |
| 3 | Latin | flacceō | to be flabby or flaccid |
| 4 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from 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 |