Where does “impatientness” come from?
impatientness (English) comes from English impatient, from Old French impacient, from Latin impatiēns, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impatientness (English): Quality of being impatient
Definitions
- Quality of being impatient
Ancestry of “impatientness”, step by step
impatientness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impatient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impatient | Restless and intolerant of delays; Anxious and... |
| 2 | Old French | impacient | — |
| 3 | Latin | impatiēns | that cannot bear; avoiding, fleeing |
| 4 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 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 |