Where does “menseless” come from?
menseless (English) comes from Scots menseless, from Scots -less, from Middle English -les, from Turkish -le, from Turkish ile, from Ottoman Turkish ایله, from Old Anatolian Turkish اِیلَه, from Proto-Turkic bile — with, together, also.
menseless (English): destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation;...
Definitions
- destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation;...
Ancestry of “menseless”, step by step
menseless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scots menseless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | menseless | unmannerly, ill-bred, stupid, foolish, greedy,... |
| 2 | Scots | -less | lacking; without. Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun |
| 3 | Middle English | -les | Lacking (something); without (something) |
| 4 | Turkish | -le | with, shortened form of ile; by, shortened form... |
| 5 | Turkish | ile | with; and |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | ایله | by |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اِیلَه | — |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | bile | with, together, also |
via English mense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mense | Property, owndom; possessions; manliness;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mensk | honorable, praiseworthy; beautiful; human; honor,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | menskr | honor; human |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | manniskaz | human |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |