Where does “kinlessness” come from?
kinlessness (English) comes from English kinless, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
kinlessness (English): The state or condition of being kinless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being kinless
Ancestry of “kinlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kinless | Without kin; familyless |
| 2 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 3 | English | fictionkin | — |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |