Where does “moonlessness” come from?
moonlessness (English) comes from English moonless, from English Moon, from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
moonlessness (English): The quality of being moonless; absence of a moon
Definitions
- The quality of being moonless; absence of a moon
Ancestry of “moonlessness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | moonless | During which no phase of the Moon is visible to... |
| 2 | English | Moon | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Mone | — |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |