Where does “ineffaceableness” come from?
ineffaceableness (English) comes from English ineffaceable, from English effaceable, from English efface, from Middle French effacer, from Old French esfacier, from Vulgar Latin *exfaciāre, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō.
ineffaceableness (English): The state or condition of being ineffaceable
Definitions
- The state or condition of being ineffaceable
Ancestry of “ineffaceableness”, step by step
ineffaceableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ineffaceable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ineffaceable | Incapable of being effaced |
| 2 | English | effaceable | Capable of being effaced |
| 3 | English | efface | To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible |
| 4 | Middle French | effacer | erase |
| 5 | Old French | esfacier | to remove; to delete |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *exfaciāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |