Where does “nasuteness” come from?
nasuteness (English) comes from English nasute, from Latin nasutus, from Latin -utus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
nasuteness (English): The quality of being nasute
Definitions
- The quality of being nasute
Ancestry of “nasuteness”, step by step
nasuteness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nasute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nasute | Having a long snout; Having a sensitive sense of... |
| 2 | Latin | nasutus | big-nosed; that has a large nose; satirical,... |
| 3 | Latin | -utus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
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 |