Where does “fumblingness” come from?
fumblingness (English) comes from English fumbling, from English fumble, from English fool, from French fouler, from Middle French fouller, from Old French foler, from Medieval Latin fullo, from Latin fullo.
fumblingness (English): A tendency to fumble
Ancestry of “fumblingness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fumbling | present participle of fumble; An instance of... |
| 2 | English | fumble | To handle nervously or awkwardly; To grope... |
| 3 | English | fool | A person with poor judgment or little... |
| 4 | French | fouler | to stamp, impress, dent; to mill; to walk on,... |
| 5 | Middle French | fouller | to mistreat |
| 6 | Old French | foler | to destroy; to mistreat |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 8 | Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |