Where does “healthlessness” come from?
healthlessness (English) comes from English healthless, from English health, from Middle English helþe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos — healthy.
healthlessness (English): The state or condition of being healthless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being healthless
Ancestry of “healthlessness”, step by step
healthlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English healthless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | healthless | Unhealthy |
| 2 | English | health | The state of being free from physical or... |
| 3 | Middle English | helþe | soundness; health; recovery |
| 4 | Old English | hǣlþ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hailiþō | wholeness, health |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hailaz | whole, unbroken, intact; entire, complete; hale,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ilos | healthy |
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 |