Where does “impactlessness” come from?
impactlessness (English) comes from English impactless, from English impact, from Latin impāctus, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impactlessness (English): Absence of impact
Definitions
- Absence of impact
Ancestry of “impactlessness”, step by step
impactlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impactless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impactless | Without impact |
| 2 | English | impact | The striking of one body against another;... |
| 3 | Latin | impāctus | illision, collision, hit |
| 4 | Latin | impingo | I push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |