Where does “fugitiveness” come from?
fugitiveness (English) comes from English fugitive, from Middle English fugitive, from Latin fugitivus, from Latin fugito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
fugitiveness (English): The quality of being fugitive; evanescence;...
Definitions
- The quality of being fugitive; evanescence;...
Ancestry of “fugitiveness”, step by step
fugitiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fugitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fugitive | A person who flees or escapes and travels... |
| 2 | Middle English | fugitive | — |
| 3 | Latin | fugitivus | fugitive, deserter, runaway slave; fugitive |
| 4 | Latin | fugito | I flee; I eschew, shun; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb 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 |