Where does “leetness” come from?
leetness (English) comes from English leet, from English élite, from French élite, from French élit, from Old French eslit, from Old French elire, from Latin eligere, from Latin eligo — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
leetness (English): The quality of being leet or elite: excellence, superiority, or skill
Definitions
- The quality of being leet or elite: excellence, superiority, or skill
Ancestry of “leetness”, step by step
leetness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leet | A portion or list, especially a list of... |
| 2 | English | élite | Alternative spelling of elite |
| 3 | French | élite | elite |
| 4 | French | élit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | eslit | chosen, elected |
| 6 | Old French | elire | — |
| 7 | Latin | eligere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | eligo | I choose, I pluck or root out, extract; I pick... |
| 9 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 10 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 11 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 12 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 13 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 14 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 15 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 20 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 21 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
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 |