Where does “fugaciousness” come from?
fugaciousness (English) comes from English fugacious, from Latin fugācius, from Latin fugāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
fugaciousness (English): fugacity
Definitions
- fugacity
Ancestry of “fugaciousness”, step by step
fugaciousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fugacious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fugacious | Fleeting, fading quickly, transient |
| 2 | Latin | fugācius | — |
| 3 | Latin | fugāx | swift |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | 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 |