Where does “locomotiveness” come from?
locomotiveness (English) comes from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
locomotiveness (English): Alternative form of locomotivity
Definitions
- Alternative form of locomotivity
Ancestry of “locomotiveness”, step by step
locomotiveness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English locomotive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 2 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 4 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 5 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
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 |