Where does “incidentalness” come from?
incidentalness (English) comes from English incidental, from English incident, from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incidens, from Latin incidere, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
incidentalness (English): Quality of being incidental
Definitions
- Quality of being incidental
Ancestry of “incidentalness”, step by step
incidentalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incidental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incidental | Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct,... |
| 2 | English | incident | An event or occurrence; A event that is... |
| 3 | Middle French | incident | — |
| 4 | Old French | incident | — |
| 5 | Latin | incidens | falling upon; cutting up, hewing open;... |
| 6 | Latin | incidere | present active infinitive of incidō;... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | 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 |