Where does “mutableness” come from?
mutableness (English) comes from English mutable, from Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis, from Latin muto, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mutableness (English): The quality of being mutable
Definitions
- The quality of being mutable
Ancestry of “mutableness”, step by step
mutableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mutable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mutable | Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to... |
| 2 | Middle English | mutable | mutable, changeable, variable |
| 3 | Old French | mutable | — |
| 4 | Latin | mutabilis | mutable, changeable, inconstant |
| 5 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
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 |