Where does “originalness” come from?

originalness (English) comes from English original, from Middle English original, from Old French original, from Latin orīginālis, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.

originalness (English): The state or condition of being original

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being original

Ancestry of “originalness”, step by step

originalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English original

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishoriginalrelating to the origin or beginning; preceding...
2Middle Englishoriginaloriginal, primordial; preceding everything else;...
3Old Frenchoriginal
4Latinorīginālisoriginal
5Latinorīgōcommencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination
6Latin-igoEnlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to...
7Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-