Where does “inalienableness” come from?
inalienableness (English) comes from English inalienable, from French inaliénable, from French aliénable, from French aliéner, from Latin aliēnō, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos — to grow, nourish.
inalienableness (English): The quality or state of being inalienable
Definitions
- The quality or state of being inalienable
Ancestry of “inalienableness”, step by step
inalienableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inalienable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inalienable | Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or... |
| 2 | French | inaliénable | inalienable |
| 3 | French | aliénable | alienable |
| 4 | French | aliéner | to alienate |
| 5 | Latin | aliēnō | to change the nature of a person or thing into something else |
| 6 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 7 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
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 |