Where does “impellingness” come from?
impellingness (English) comes from English impelling, from English impel, from Middle English impellen, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
impellingness (English): Quality of being impelling
Definitions
- Quality of being impelling
Ancestry of “impellingness”, step by step
impellingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impelling | present participle of impel |
| 2 | English | impel | To urge a person; to press on; to incite to... |
| 3 | Middle English | impellen | — |
| 4 | Latin | impellō | to push, drive or strike against something; assail |
| 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 |