Where does “insultingness” come from?
insultingness (English) comes from English insulting, from English insult, from Middle French insult, from Latin insultus, from Latin insilio, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
insultingness (English): The quality of being insulting; offensiveness
Definitions
- The quality of being insulting; offensiveness
Ancestry of “insultingness”, step by step
insultingness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insulting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insulting | Containing insult, or having the intention of... |
| 2 | English | insult | To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone) |
| 3 | Middle French | insult | — |
| 4 | Latin | insultus | a scoffing, reviling, insult |
| 5 | Latin | insilio | I leap upon or in; I bound |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | 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 |