Where does “multifacetedness” come from?
multifacetedness (English) comes from English multifaceted, from English facet, from French facette, from French face, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
multifacetedness (English): The state or condition of being multifaceted
Definitions
- The state or condition of being multifaceted
Ancestry of “multifacetedness”, step by step
multifacetedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multifaceted
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multifaceted | Having multiple facets; Having many aspects;... |
| 2 | English | facet | Any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem; One... |
| 3 | French | facette | facet |
| 4 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 5 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
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 |