Where does “fluishness” come from?
fluishness (English) comes from English fluish, from English flu, from English influenza, from Italian influenza, from Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns, from Latin īnfluō, from Latin īn- — in.
fluishness (English): The quality of being fluish
Definitions
- The quality of being fluish
Ancestry of “fluishness”, step by step
fluishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fluish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fluish | Characteristic of influenza; flulike |
| 2 | English | flu | Influenza; Stomach flu |
| 3 | English | influenza | An acute contagious disease of the upper airways... |
| 4 | Italian | influenza | influence; influenza, flu; third-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | īnfluentia | influence |
| 6 | Latin | īnfluēns | flowing into |
| 7 | Latin | īnfluō | to flow or run into |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |