Where does “incorruptibleness” come from?
incorruptibleness (English) comes from English incorruptible, from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
incorruptibleness (English): incorruptibility
Definitions
- incorruptibility
Ancestry of “incorruptibleness”, step by step
incorruptibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incorruptible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incorruptible | Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted;... |
| 2 | Middle French | incorruptible | — |
| 3 | Latin | incorruptibilis | incorruptible, imperishable |
| 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 |