Where does “lionheartedness” come from?
lionheartedness (English) comes from English lionhearted, from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lionheartedness (English): The quality of being lionhearted; courage and...
Definitions
- The quality of being lionhearted; courage and...
Ancestry of “lionheartedness”, step by step
lionheartedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lionhearted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lionhearted | Brave, courageous |
| 2 | English | lion | A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,... |
| 3 | French | Lion | Leo (constellation) |
| 4 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 5 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 6 | Latin | legiō | A legion |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
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 |