Where does “hypocriticalness” come from?
hypocriticalness (English) comes from English hypocritical, from English hypocritic, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής, from Ancient Greek ὑποκρίνομαι, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό.
hypocriticalness (English): hypocrisy
Definitions
- hypocrisy
Ancestry of “hypocriticalness”, step by step
hypocriticalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hypocritical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hypocritical | Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite |
| 2 | English | hypocritic | Synonym of hypocritical; A hypocrite |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκριτικός | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκριτής | one who answers: interpreter, expounder; stage... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὑποκρίνομαι | to answer; to interpret; to dialogue, to answer... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νω | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῠ̔πο- | under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὑπό | |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
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 |