Where does “ingressiveness” come from?
ingressiveness (English) comes from English ingressive, from English ingress, from Latin ingressus, from Latin ingredior, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
ingressiveness (English): The quality of being ingressive
Definitions
- The quality of being ingressive
Ancestry of “ingressiveness”, step by step
ingressiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ingressive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ingressive | Going or directed inward, entering; Open to entry... |
| 2 | English | ingress | The act of entering; Permission to enter; A door... |
| 3 | Latin | ingressus | entered; engaged in; begun, commenced |
| 4 | Latin | ingredior | I go into or onto, enter; I enter upon, engage... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |