Where does “invaluableness” come from?
invaluableness (English) comes from English invaluable, from English valuable, from English value, from Middle English valew, from Old French value, from Old French valoir, from Latin valeō, from Proto-Italic walēō — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
invaluableness (English): The quality of being invaluable
Definitions
- The quality of being invaluable
Ancestry of “invaluableness”, step by step
invaluableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invaluable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invaluable | Of great value; costly, precious, priceless; Very... |
| 2 | English | valuable | Having a great value; Estimable; deserving... |
| 3 | English | value | The quality that renders something desirable or... |
| 4 | Middle English | valew | — |
| 5 | Old French | value | — |
| 6 | Old French | valoir | to have value; to be worth |
| 7 | Latin | valeō | to have strength, influence, power; to avail |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | walēō | to be strong |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
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 |