Where does “greedlessness” come from?
greedlessness (English) comes from English greedless, from English greed, from English greedy, from English -ly, from English grisly, from Middle English grisely, from Old English grisliċ, from Old English -līċ.
greedlessness (English): Absence of greed
Definitions
- Absence of greed
Ancestry of “greedlessness”, step by step
greedlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English greedless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | greedless | Without greed |
| 2 | English | greed | A selfish or excessive desire for more than is... |
| 3 | English | greedy | Having greed; consumed by selfish desires; Prone... |
| 4 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 5 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 6 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 7 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 8 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
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 |