Where does “ligulelessness” come from?
ligulelessness (English) comes from English liguleless, from English ligule, from Latin ligula, from Latin lingula, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
ligulelessness (English): Absence of a ligule
Definitions
- Absence of a ligule
Ancestry of “ligulelessness”, step by step
ligulelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English liguleless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | liguleless | Lacking a ligule |
| 2 | English | ligule | A strap-shaped structure; A portion of a leaf... |
| 3 | Latin | ligula | Alternative form of lingula, tongue or... |
| 4 | Latin | lingula | Diminutive of lingua; tongue of land; The tongue... |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | 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 |