Where does “inconvenientness” come from?
inconvenientness (English) comes from English inconvenient, from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconveniens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inconvenientness (English): The quality of being inconvenient
Definitions
- The quality of being inconvenient
Ancestry of “inconvenientness”, step by step
inconvenientness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inconvenient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inconvenient | not convenient; An inconsistency, an incongruity;... |
| 2 | Middle French | inconvenient | disadvantage; downside; negative aspect |
| 3 | Latin | inconveniens | unsuitable; dissimilar |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | 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 |