Where does “inefficaciousness” come from?
inefficaciousness (English) comes from English inefficacious, from English efficacious, from Old French efficacieux, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
inefficaciousness (English): Lack of efficacy
Ancestry of “inefficaciousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inefficacious | Incapable of having the intended consequence; Not... |
| 2 | English | efficacious | Effective; possessing efficacy |
| 3 | Old French | efficacieux | — |
| 4 | Latin | efficāx | — |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |