Where does “landlessness” come from?
Landlessness is derived from English landless plus the suffix Middle English -nesse, from Old English -nes, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -inassuz denoting a state or condition.
landlessness (English): The state or condition of being landless
Definitions
- The state or condition of being landless
Ancestry of “landlessness”, step by step
landlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landless | Not owning land; Not containing any land |
| 2 | Middle English | londlees | — |
| 3 | Old English | landlēas | landless, not having land; without land |
| 4 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
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 |