Where does “invectiveness” come from?
invectiveness (English) comes from English invective, from Middle French invective, from Medieval Latin invectiva, from Latin invectīvus, from Latin invectus, from Latin invehō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
invectiveness (English): The quality of being invective
Definitions
- The quality of being invective
Ancestry of “invectiveness”, step by step
invectiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English invective
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | invective | An expression which inveighs or rails against a... |
| 2 | Middle French | invective | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | invectiva | — |
| 4 | Latin | invectīvus | reviling |
| 5 | Latin | invectus | carried into |
| 6 | Latin | invehō | to carry, bear, convey into, introduce, bring in, bring upon |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | 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 |