Where does “humidness” come from?
humidness (English) comes from English humid, from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, from Latin umidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
humidness (English): humidity
Definitions
- humidity
Ancestry of “humidness”, step by step
humidness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humid | Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery |
| 2 | Old French | humide | — |
| 3 | Latin | humidus | humid |
| 4 | Latin | umidus | moist, humid, damp, dank, wet; formerly liquid,... |
| 5 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
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 |