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
Definitions
- A tendency to fumble
Ancestry of “fumblingness”, step by step
fumblingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fumbling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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- | — |
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 |