Where does “hatefulness” come from?
hatefulness (English) comes from English hateful, from Middle English hateful, from Middle English hate, from Old English hatian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
hatefulness (English): The characteristic of being hateful
Definitions
- The characteristic of being hateful
Ancestry of “hatefulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hateful | Evoking a feeling of hatred; Dislikeable; Full of... |
| 2 | Middle English | hateful | Disliked, malign, evil, revolting; Hateful,... |
| 3 | Middle English | hate | Hate, hatred, anger, wroth; Something that causes... |
| 4 | Old English | hatian | to hate |
| 5 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |