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Where does “lustlessness” come from?

lustlessness (English) comes from English Ness, from Middle English nesse, from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic nasją, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂s — nose.

lustlessness (English): The state or condition of being lustless; absence...

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being lustless; absence...

Ancestry of “lustlessness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNess—
2Middle Englishnesse—
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
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