Where does “mumsiness” come from?
mumsiness (English) comes from English mumsy, from English mum, from English chrysanthemum, from Latin chrysanthemum, from Ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον, from Ancient Greek ἄνθεμον — flower, rosette.
mumsiness (English): The quality of being mumsy
Definitions
- The quality of being mumsy
Ancestry of “mumsiness”, step by step
mumsiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mumsy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mumsy | Characteristic of a mum; motherly; Mum, mother |
| 2 | English | mum | Mother; ma'am; a term of respect for an older... |
| 3 | English | chrysanthemum | Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the... |
| 4 | Latin | chrysanthemum | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χρυσάνθεμον | gold-flower; immortelle; buttercup |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄνθεμον | flower, rosette |
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 |