Where does “inescapableness” come from?
inescapableness (English) comes from English inescapable, from English escapable, from English escape, from Middle English escapen, from Old French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
inescapableness (English): The quality of being inescapable
Definitions
- The quality of being inescapable
Ancestry of “inescapableness”, step by step
inescapableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inescapable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inescapable | Impossible to avoid or escape; not escapable |
| 2 | English | escapable | Able to be escaped or run from; Not needed or... |
| 3 | English | escape | To get free; to free oneself |
| 4 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 5 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |