Where does “incapaciousness” come from?
incapaciousness (English) comes from English incapacious, from English capacious, from Latin capāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
incapaciousness (English): The quality of being incapacious
Definitions
- The quality of being incapacious
Ancestry of “incapaciousness”, step by step
incapaciousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incapacious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incapacious | Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish |
| 2 | English | capacious | Having a lot of space inside; roomy |
| 3 | Latin | capāx | That can contain or hold much; wide, large, spacious, capacious, roomy |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |