Where does “overalertness” come from?
overalertness (English) comes from English overalert, from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
overalertness (English): The quality of being overalert
Definitions
- The quality of being overalert
Ancestry of “overalertness”, step by step
overalertness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overalert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overalert | Excessively alert |
| 2 | English | Alert | the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world |
| 3 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 5 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 6 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 7 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 8 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 9 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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 |