Where does “momentlessness” come from?
momentlessness (English) comes from English momentless, from English moment, from Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
momentlessness (English): The quality of being momentless
Definitions
- The quality of being momentless
Ancestry of “momentlessness”, step by step
momentlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English momentless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | momentless | Occurring without reference to time; without... |
| 2 | English | moment | A brief, unspecified amount of time; The smallest... |
| 3 | Middle English | moment | — |
| 4 | Old French | moment | — |
| 5 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 6 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 7 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 8 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
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 |