Where does “incontestableness” come from?
incontestableness (English) comes from English incontestable, from English contestable, from English contest, from French contester, from Old French contester, from Latin contestor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
incontestableness (English): The quality of being incontestable
Definitions
- The quality of being incontestable
Ancestry of “incontestableness”, step by step
incontestableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incontestable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incontestable | Not contestable; indisputable; certain |
| 2 | English | contestable | That which can be contested |
| 3 | English | contest | Controversy; debate; Struggle for superiority;... |
| 4 | French | contester | to contest; to challenge; to dispute |
| 5 | Old French | contester | to contest; to dispute; to attest |
| 6 | Latin | contestor | I call to witness |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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 |