Where does “memberlessness” come from?
memberlessness (English) comes from English memberless, from English member, from Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum, from Proto-Italic memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-.
memberlessness (English): Absence of members
Definitions
- Absence of members
Ancestry of “memberlessness”, step by step
memberlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English memberless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | memberless | Without members; limbless; Without members or... |
| 2 | English | member | One who officially belongs to a group; A part of... |
| 3 | Middle English | membre | — |
| 4 | Old French | membre | limb |
| 5 | Latin | membrum | limb of the body; member; the penis; a portion,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | memzrom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mḗms | flesh, meat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mems- | flesh, meat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me-ms- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mes- | — |
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 |