Where does “liveness” come from?
Liveness comes from English live and the Middle English suffix -nesse, derived from Old English -nes, which formed abstract nouns from adjectives and verbs in Proto-Germanic libjaną and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots.
liveness (English): The property of being alive
Definitions
- The property of being alive
Ancestry of “liveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | live | To be alive; to have life; To have permanent... |
| 2 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |