Where does “neglectfulness” come from?
neglectfulness (English) comes from English neglectful, from English neglect, from Latin neglectus, from Latin neglego, from Latin neclego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
neglectfulness (English): The characteristic of being neglectful
Definitions
- The characteristic of being neglectful
Ancestry of “neglectfulness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | neglectful | Tending to neglect; failing to take care of... |
| 2 | English | neglect | To fail to care for or attend to something; To... |
| 3 | Latin | neglectus | disregarded, having been disregarded, ignored,... |
| 4 | Latin | neglego | I neglect, overlook, pass over; I am indifferent... |
| 5 | Latin | neclego | — |
| 6 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 7 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |