Where does “mandatoriness” come from?
mandatoriness (English) comes from English mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
mandatoriness (English): The quality or state of being mandatory
Definitions
- The quality or state of being mandatory
Ancestry of “mandatoriness”, step by step
mandatoriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mandatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mandatory | Obligatory; required or commanded by authority;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | mandatorius | of or belonging to a mandator |
| 3 | Latin | mandator | mandator, commander, director; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |