Where does “humoursomeness” come from?
humoursomeness (English) comes from English humoursome, from English humour, from Middle English humour, from Old French humor, from Latin humor, from Latin umor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
humoursomeness (English): Quality of being humoursome
Definitions
- Quality of being humoursome
Ancestry of “humoursomeness”, step by step
humoursomeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English humoursome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | humoursome | Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered |
| 2 | English | humour | The quality of being amusing, comical, funny; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | humour | A "cardinal humour"; A bodily liquid or substance... |
| 4 | Old French | humor | humor one of four fluids that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body |
| 5 | Latin | humor | liquid, fluid, humour; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | umor | liquid, fluid, humour; moisture |
| 7 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
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 |