Where does “horizonlessness” come from?
horizonlessness (English) comes from English horizonless, from English horizon, from Middle English orisonte, from Middle French horizon, from Old French orisonte, from Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος.
horizonlessness (English): Absence of a horizon
Definitions
- Absence of a horizon
Ancestry of “horizonlessness”, step by step
horizonlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English horizonless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horizonless | Without a horizon |
| 2 | English | horizon | The visible horizontal line or point that... |
| 3 | Middle English | orisonte | The horizon point where the sky seems to disappear |
| 4 | Middle French | horizon | — |
| 5 | Old French | orisonte | — |
| 6 | Latin | horizōn | horizon |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |
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 |