Where does “interestless” come from?
interestless (English) comes from English interest, from Old French interest, from French intérêt, from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse, from Latin esse, from Ancient Greek οὐσία, from Ancient Greek εἰμί — to be.
interestless (English): Without interest
Definitions
- Without interest
Ancestry of “interestless”, step by step
interestless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English interest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | interest | The price paid for obtaining, or price received... |
| 2 | Old French | interest | — |
| 3 | French | intérêt | interest; point |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 5 | Latin | interesse | present active infinitive of intersum; to... |
| 6 | Latin | esse | present infinitive of sum; state, condition;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | οὐσία | that which is one's own, one's substance,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἰμί | To be, exist; live; To be; it is possible |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ehmi | to be |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésmi | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |