Where does “hostileness” come from?
hostileness (English) comes from English hostile, from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
hostileness (English): The quality of being hostile
Definitions
- The quality of being hostile
Ancestry of “hostileness”, step by step
hostileness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hostile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hostile | Not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing... |
| 2 | Middle French | hostile | — |
| 3 | Latin | hostīlis | hostile |
| 4 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |