Where does “optionlessness” come from?
optionlessness (English) comes from English optionless, from English option, from French option, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
optionlessness (English): Absence of options
Definitions
- Absence of options
Ancestry of “optionlessness”, step by step
optionlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English optionless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | optionless | Without an option |
| 2 | English | option | One of a set of choices that can be made; The... |
| 3 | French | option | option |
| 4 | Latin | optiō | choosing, choice, preference, option |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | 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 |