Where does “languagelessness” come from?
languagelessness (English) comes from English languageless, from English language, from Middle English langage, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
languagelessness (English): The state of being languageless; lack of language
Definitions
- The state of being languageless; lack of language
Ancestry of “languagelessness”, step by step
languagelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English languageless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | languageless | Without language |
| 2 | English | language | A body of words, and set of methods of combining... |
| 3 | Middle English | langage | language, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local... |
| 4 | Old French | language | language (style of communicating) |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | linguaticum | language |
| 6 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 7 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
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 |