Where does “leisurelessness” come from?
leisurelessness (English) comes from English leisureless, from English leisure, from Middle English leyser, from Old French leisir, from Latin licēre.
leisurelessness (English): Absence of leisure
Definitions
- Absence of leisure
Ancestry of “leisurelessness”, step by step
leisurelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leisureless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leisureless | Without leisure; perpetually busy or labouring |
| 2 | English | leisure | Freedom provided by the cessation of activities;... |
| 3 | Middle English | leyser | leisure |
| 4 | Old French | leisir | Alternative form of loisir |
| 5 | Latin | licēre | — |
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 |