Where does “intransitiveness” come from?
intransitiveness (English) comes from English intransitive, from English transitive, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
intransitiveness (English): The quality of being intransitive
Definitions
- The quality of being intransitive
Ancestry of “intransitiveness”, step by step
intransitiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intransitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intransitive | not transitive: not having, or not taking, a... |
| 2 | English | transitive | Making a transit or passage; Affected by... |
| 3 | Latin | trānsitīvus | transiting passing over |
| 4 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 5 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |