Where does “opinionlessness” come from?
opinionlessness (English) comes from English opinionless, from English opinion, from Middle English opinion, from Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
opinionlessness (English): Absence of opinions
Definitions
- Absence of opinions
Ancestry of “opinionlessness”, step by step
opinionlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English opinionless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | opinionless | Without an opinion or opinions |
| 2 | English | opinion | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person... |
| 3 | Middle English | opinion | — |
| 4 | Middle French | opinion | opinion thought, estimation |
| 5 | Latin | opīniō | opinion, conjecture, imagination, fancy, belief, expectation |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |