Where does “historylessness” come from?
historylessness (English) comes from English historyless, from English History, from Middle English historie, from Old French historie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ.
historylessness (English): Absence of history
Definitions
- Absence of history
Ancestry of “historylessness”, step by step
historylessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English historyless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | historyless | Lacking history |
| 2 | English | History | The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded |
| 3 | Middle English | historie | A narrative, recounting, or chronicle; events in... |
| 4 | Old French | historie | — |
| 5 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 11 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |
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 |