Where does “innocentness” come from?
innocentness (English) comes from English innocent, from Old French inocent, from Latin innocens, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
innocentness (English): Quality of being innocent
Definitions
- Quality of being innocent
Ancestry of “innocentness”, step by step
innocentness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English innocent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | innocent | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality; Bearing no... |
| 2 | Old French | inocent | — |
| 3 | Latin | innocens | harmless, inoffensive, innoxious; blameless,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | 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 |