Where does “ineligibleness” come from?
ineligibleness (English) comes from English ineligible, from French inéligible, from French éligible, from Latin eligibilis, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ineligibleness (English): ineligibility
Definitions
- ineligibility
Ancestry of “ineligibleness”, step by step
ineligibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ineligible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ineligible | Not eligible; forbidden to do something; One who... |
| 2 | French | inéligible | ineligible |
| 3 | French | éligible | eligible |
| 4 | Latin | eligibilis | eligible; desirable |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
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 |