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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | incapacious | Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish |
| 2 | English | capacious | Having a lot of space inside; roomy |
| 3 | Latin | capāx | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 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 |