Where does “injuriousness” come from?
injuriousness (English) comes from English injurious, from Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniuriosus, from Latin iniūria, from Latin iniūrius, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
injuriousness (English): The quality of being injurious
Definitions
- The quality of being injurious
Ancestry of “injuriousness”, step by step
injuriousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English injurious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | injurious | Causing physical harm or injury; harmful,... |
| 2 | Middle English | injurious | Rude, offensive, distasteful; Morally wrong or... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | enjurius | — |
| 4 | Latin | iniuriosus | wrongful, criminal; hurtful, noxious; insulting |
| 5 | Latin | iniūria | injury, wronging, offense, insult, wrong |
| 6 | Latin | iniūrius | injurious, wrongful, unjust |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
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 |