Where does “flagitiousness” come from?
flagitiousness (English) comes from English flagitious, from Old French flagitieux, from Latin flāgitium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
flagitiousness (English): The state or quality of being flagitious;...
Definitions
- The state or quality of being flagitious;...
Ancestry of “flagitiousness”, step by step
flagitiousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flagitious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagitious | Guilty of terrible crimes; wicked, criminal;... |
| 2 | Old French | flagitieux | — |
| 3 | Latin | flāgitium | disgraceful or shameful action, deed, or crime; scandal |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |