Where does “measliness” come from?
measliness (English) comes from English measly, from English measle, from Middle English mesel, from Norman French mesel, from Old French mesel, from Latin misellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
measliness (English): The state or quality of being measly
Definitions
- The state or quality of being measly
Ancestry of “measliness”, step by step
measliness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English measly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | measly | Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with... |
| 2 | English | measle | A leper; A tapeworm larva |
| 3 | Middle English | mesel | A leper |
| 4 | Norman French | mesel | — |
| 5 | Old French | mesel | leper |
| 6 | Latin | misellus | poor, wretched |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
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 |