Where does “inexpressibleness” come from?
inexpressibleness (English) comes from English inexpressible, from English expressible, from English express, from French exprès, from Latin expressus, from Latin exprimere, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — whale, sea monster; abyss.
inexpressibleness (English): The quality of being inexpressible
Definitions
- The quality of being inexpressible
Ancestry of “inexpressibleness”, step by step
inexpressibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inexpressible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inexpressible | Unable to be expressed; not able to be put into... |
| 2 | English | expressible | Able to be expressed |
| 3 | English | express | Moving or operating quickly, as a train not... |
| 4 | French | exprès | express |
| 5 | Latin | expressus | squeezed |
| 6 | Latin | exprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
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 |