Where does “impermeableness” come from?
impermeableness (English) comes from English impermeable, from English permeable, from Middle French perméable, from Latin permeabilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
impermeableness (English): impermeability
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- impermeability
Ancestry of “impermeableness”, step by step
impermeableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English impermeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | impermeable | Impossible to permeate; Not allowing passage,... |
| 2 | English | permeable | that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids |
| 3 | Middle French | perméable | — |
| 4 | Latin | permeabilis | passable; permeable |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
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 |