Where does “gravitylessness” come from?
gravitylessness (English) comes from English gravityless, from English gravity, from French gravité, from Latin gravitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
gravitylessness (English): Absence of gravity
Definitions
- Absence of gravity
Ancestry of “gravitylessness”, step by step
gravitylessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gravityless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gravityless | Without gravity |
| 2 | English | gravity | The state or condition of having weight; weight;... |
| 3 | French | gravité | gravity |
| 4 | Latin | gravitās | weight, heaviness |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from 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 |